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Thomas Paine

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

Saturday, April 14, 2012

14 April - RSS SnapShot! Pt II

IPS - Inter Press Services

  • Abya Yala Speaks
    During the closing session of the Social Forum of the Sixth Summit of the Americas, the broadcast signal was cut off, triggering protests from participating indigenous leaders. But that did not stop the voice of Abya Yala - the ancestral name of the continent - from being heard.
  • Indian Communists Lose Marx, and Hope
    While India's largest left outfit, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), was licking its electoral wounds, a newly-elected regime in West Bengal was busy chopping chapters on Marxism and the Bolshevik Revolution out of high school syllabi, in celebration of breaking CPI-M's 34-year ...
  • Chinese Dissidents Silenced for London Book Fair
    A dissident Chinese author has expressed dismay at the lack of independent and exiled authors represented at this year's London Book Fair (LBF), where China is guest of honour. An ensuing public spat, revolving around accusations that the Fair's organisers have bowed to Chinese authorities ...
  • Internet Radio Powers on After Arab Spring
    When an Egyptian court fined former president Hosni Mubarak and two aides a total of 90 million dollars for cutting mobile and Internet services during protests that led to his ouster, it indicated the value placed on communication services in this Arab country.
  • "Water Schools" Foster More Sustainable Habits ...
    So-called water schools, which educate communities on the resource and its links with the environment, gender and climate change, are helping to raise awareness on proper water management in Mexico, at a time of severe drought.

My AntiWar

CASMII - Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran

  • MAKE YOUR MP WORK TO STOP IRAN WAR
    Summary: We are asking you to take this chance to lobby your MP to back an early day motion in Parliament against military attack on Iran. We have a highly effective online lobbying system that allows you to email your MP at the click of a mouse. Please put the pressure on now by going to: ht ...
  • Arab Populations view the US and Israel - and ...
    Summary: Noam ChomskyThe Arab dictators may be in America's pocket but, says Noam Chomsky, polls show repeatedly that it is the United States and Israel that are viewed as the greatest threat to the vast majority of the Arab populations. This is why when asked they say they would feel saf ...
  • How Neocons Sank Iran Nuke Deal
    Summary: Tehran Agreement (May 2010)Exclusive: Iran is resuming talks over its nuclear program with leading international powers – the United States, Britain, Russia, China, France and Germany – with the prospect of an agreement to swap some enriched uranium for research isotopes. But a simil ...
  • Uranium Double-Standard: The U.S., Kazakhstan ...
    Summary: Double standards have long reigned supreme in U.S. foreign policy. Few examples illustrate that better than the contrast between Washington’s stance toward the nuclear ambitions of Iran and Kazakhstan. source: Nation of Changeread more
  • The Irrationality of the Case against Iran’s N ...
    Summary: “The stupidest idea I ever heard,” says the former Mossad chief. Still, the U.S. government headed by “hope” and “change” candidate Obama is telling Iran to submit to U.S. diktat while it has the chance, or get bombed. It is all, as the Iranian diplomats observe, irrational. sour ...

The Daily Galaxy

Natural News

  • Enriching gluten-free and wheat products doesn ...
    The Standard American Diet, otherwise referred to as S.A.D., consists of low quality factory farmed meats, over-processed packaged foods with vitamins and minerals added back in, condiments, and a leaf of iceberg lettuce as the vegetable for the day -- SAD indeed. Packaged...
  • Trouble in Paradise (Opinion)
    We all know, for the most part, that physicians are basically clueless when it comes to natural healing without the use of synthetic chemicals. And it wasn't that long ago that physicians were doing advertisements that extolled the virtues of smoking Camel cigarettes...
  • How getting specific can change your life
    Rick is mid-level manager in a tech firm. For a long time he felt the pressure of having to complete his own work while balancing the needs of his staff with demands from upper management. Anyone who has been caught between this rock and hard place understands how difficult...
  • Red meat consumption increases risk of death f ...
    Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health have published the results of a twenty-two year study on red meat consumption in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine. The scientists found that red meat consumption is associated with an increased risk of total...
  • America's number one medical cannabis dispensa ...
    Located in California, the Harborside Health Center is the primary supplier of medical cannabis in the United States. The plant's legal status is a major barrier to their business, and its legal status is held in place by the lack of research demonstrating its medical...

Threat Level

  • Judge Won’t Purge Megaupload User Data, At Lea ...
    A federal judge on Friday declined to pull the plug on 25 million gigabytes of Megaupload data seized when the government shuttered the file sharing service in January. But the fate of the gigantic trove of data remains unsettled.
  • Shades of 1984 Emerge in Broadcast TV Copyrigh ...
    In 1984, Hollywood was arguing that the VCR and home taping would kill its business and wanted the Supreme Court to outlaw the devices from Americans' living rooms. Luckily, for Americans and Hollywood, the Supreme Court recognized the power of innovation and the limits of copyright in a 5-4 dec ...
  • WorkiLeaks: How to Be a Workplace Leaker Witho ...
    Gawker landed itself a mole inside Fox News this week, but he lasted only 24 hours before being smoked out by his employer. Here's some tips on how to last longer if you decide to become a leaker.
  • Code Not Physical Property, Court Rules in Gol ...
    Former Goldman Sachs programmer Sergei Aleynikov, who downloaded source code for the investment firm's high-speed trading system from the company's computers, was wrongly charged with theft of property because the code did not qualify as a physical object under a federal theft statute, according ...
  • FAA Grounds $75,000 Surveillance Drone Due to ...
    The state of Hawaii spent $75,000 to purchase a drone to conduct aerial surveillance over Honolulu Harbor, but the aircraft has been sitting in storage since it was delivered last year because authorities have been prohibited from flying it.

PERRspectives : Blog

  • Four Years Later, Americans Still Back Obama o ...
    Looking back this week at his budget-busting windfall for the wealthy, George W. Bush lamented, "I wish they weren't called the Bush tax cuts." With good reason. After all, the first modern president to cut taxes during war-time, Bush's gravy train for the gilded-class helped double the nation ...
  • How to Save Ann and Mitt Romney from Themselves
    In the history book of Democratic politics, the chapter titled "Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory" is a long one. Years from now, CNN regular and Democratic consultant Hilary Rosen may be prominently featured in it. After all, she may have accomplished the virtually impossible: making ...
  • The $6 Trillion Man
    Now for a thought experiment. Suppose that I told you I had a plan which over the next decade would slash $6 trillion from the national debt of the United States. Imagine further that I promised I would achieve those savings just by closing some tax loopholes and deductions, so-called tax expe ...
  • The Buffett Rule is Nothing Compared to the Ro ...
    With its general election opponent now certain, the Obama campaign this week has been highlighting the Buffett Rule, the Democratic proposal for those earning over a million dollars a year to pay a minimum 30 percent tax. And with good reason. After all, having paid only 13.9 percent to Uncle ...
  • Romney-Netanyahu 2012
    Over the weekend, the New York Times published a glowing story of the 36-year relationship between GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney and his old Boston Consulting Group colleague turned two-time Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. But if theirs is a "mandatory friendship" which conveniently h ...

Blackspot News Feed

  • instageist 14apr12
    Shots from my friends and acquaintances on Instagram, for a change. There seems to be a scotch egg theme, due to a bunch of London friends descending on Brockley market:  Matt Sheret on the left and Kieron Gillen on the right.   (I’m sparing you the uncomfortably close-up shot Matt Jon ...
  • Tennessee Skewers Teaching of Evolution in Sch ...
    Thanks to ALEC, the Volunteer State has adopted a law intended to undermine the teaching of evolution in public schools. Just don't expect them to stop there.
  • Of Prophets, Power, and the Purpose of Intelle ...
    by Andrew Gavin Marshall Featured Writer Dandelion Salad http://andrewgavinmarshall.com April 13, 2012 Part 1: The “Crisis of Democracy” and the Attack on Education Part 2: The Purpose of Education: Social Uplift or Social Control? Intellectual history is written by intellectuals and educational ...
  • Bookmarks for 2012-04-13
    What’s in a surname? New study explores what the evolution of names reveals about China"China stands unique with a 4,000-year history of recorded surnames stretching back to the Xia Dynasty of the 21st to 16th centuries BC."(tags:culture )
  • Northumbria
    Probably a bit early in the day for this, but I did not want to lose this magnificent piece of ambient metal: Black Sea of Trees by Northumbria

Consortium News

TruthOut

  • Congress Must Debate the Libya War
    The US is now at war in a third Muslim country, according to the "official tally" (that is, counting Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya, but not Pakistan or Yemen, for example.) But Congress has never authorized or debated the US military intervention in Libya. (A sharply disputed claim holds ...
  • News in Brief: Daniel Ellsberg, Col. Ann Wrigh ...
    Daniel Ellsberg, Col. Ann Wright Among 30 Arrested for Protesting Against Abuse of Bradley Manningread more
  • In This Nuclear World, What Is the Meaning of ...
    In a nuclear crisis, life becomes a nightmare for those people trying to make sense of the uncertainties. Imaginably, the questions are endless. Radiation is invisible, how do you know when you are in danger? How long will this danger persist? How can you reduce the hazard to yourself and famil ...
  • Richard D. Wolff: "Personal Debts" (Video)
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  • Charmed Into Battle: How a Volunteering Vacati ...
    About to turn thirty, Conor Grennan planned a year-long trip around the world. He started his trip with a three-month stint volunteering in the Little Princes Orphanage in war-torn Nepal. What was supposed to be just a three-month experience changed Conor's life, and the lives of countless other ...

Planetsave

  • Collapsing Seas Infographic
      Here’s a not-so-fun but highly informative infographic I thought you could get something from. Basically, I think many of us assume that the oceans are so vast that we can’t do too much harm to them. But oh, how we underestimate the impact of billions of humans. For several r ...
  • Colbert Pokes Fun at Coal Industry’s Inadverte ...
      The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive   This is quite hilarious. Colbert had one of the best set-ups he could probably hope for from the president of the United Mine Workers Association, Cecil Roberts, who aptly co ...
  • Ocean Acidification Definitively Linked to Oys ...
      The collapse of a commercial oyster hatchery in Oregon has now been linked definitively to an increase in ocean acidification. In a study done by Oregon State University researchers, they found that the increased corrosiveness of ocean water with elevated levels of carbon dioxide in it i ...
  • Chevron Says People in the Amazon Don’t Matter
      Chevron Corporation, one of the largest oil companies in the world, recently lost a court case in Ecuador and was ordered to pay $18 billion in damages to the approximately 30,000 affected residents of the Amazon. From 1964 through 1992, Chevron Corporation (under the Texaco brand) dril ...
  • Southern Hemisphere Sea Levels Have Risen Dram ...
    Sea levels have risen approximately 20 centimetres in the South West Pacific Ocean since the end of the 19th century, a dramatic increase according to a new study released this week. Scientists found that sea levels in Tasmania remained relatively stable for most of the previous 6,000 years but ...

Water Quality - WordPress

Dandelion Salad - Featured Writers' Posts

Axis of Logic

  • US-Israel War on Iran: The Myth of Limited Wa ...
    The mounting threat of a US-Israeli military attack against Iran is based on several factors including: the recent military history of both countries in the region, public pronouncements by US and Israeli political leaders, recent and on-going attacks on Lebanon and Syria, pro ...
  • Vermont Senate Votes to Overturn Citizens Unit ...
    BURLINGTON, Vt., April 12 - U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) welcomed today's Vermont Senate passage of a resolution calling on Congress to propose a constitutional amendment to undo a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that threw out a ban on corporate campaign spending. "I congratulat ...
  • Venezuela marks 10th anniversary of opposition ...
    This week Venezuelans commemorated the 10th anniversary of the attempted coup d’état against democratically- elected President Hugo Chavez in April 2002 with a series of events ranging from street demonstrations to media workshops and public debates. The activities, sponsored by an array of p ...
  • Food Fight - Featured
    "If you put a label on genetically engineered food you might as well put a skull and crossbones on it." -- Norman Braksick, president of Asgrow Seed Co., a subsidiary of Monsanto quoted in the Kansas City Star, March 7, 1994 "Monsanto should not have to vouchsafe the safety of...
  • Juice it up! SKA-P "El Libertador" - Music a ...
    ...

They Gave Us a Republic

  • Songs to Fight the Plutocracy By: "Raggedy Hun ...
    By @KYYellowDog Part One uploaded by mrblindfreddy9999 on Apr 23, 2011 Part Two published on Mar 12, 2012 by amollyjackson
  • "We just need some Republican politicians to g ...
    By @KYYellowDog HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Stop! You're killing me! Full transcript here.
  • Perfectly Legal
    By @KYYellowDog Although this particular agency has suspended the practice in the face of publicity, there is neither law nor constitution to prevent any jurisdiction - including your friendly neighborhood jail - from using it any time it likes. Digby: When the Supreme Court ruled that police st ...
  • Sorry, @DaveWeigel, but it's not your call to make
    By @BGinKC Do you know what's more obnoxious and offensive than the GOP and their war on women? When a man decides that it's over, move along, nothing to see here. I've met Dave Weigel. We were both at Netroots Nation 09 in Pittsburgh. He's a nice guy, and his wit is just as sharp in person and ...
  • Songs to Fight the Plutocracy By: "The Intern ...
    By @KYYellowDog In honor of the non-existent communists Alan West claims constitute the Congressional Progressive Caucus, which not only is not communist, it's not even progressive. Uploaded by dphusion on Sep 9, 2008

Care 2

  • "71" returns to the wild
    When Ed and I were fighting to keep our precious baby elephant, 71, alive, we dreamed of returning her to Africa. We purchased ARK 2000 for her, but we always knew she deserved more. Submitted by Cher C. to Offbeat  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Eat Horse
    Horses could soon be butchered in the U.S. for human consumption after Congress quietly lifted a 5-year-old ban on funding horse meat inspections, and activists say slaughterhouses could be up and running in as little as a month. ... Submitted by Barb Knight to Animals  |  & ...
  • How to Save Water & Keep Your Plants Green
    While having a garden can be a wonderful addition to your home, spending a great amount of money on water to hydrate these plants can be burdening. Instead of seeing an increase in your water bill every spring and summer, try to use the following tips Submitted by Cher C. to Green Lifestyle &nb ...
  • The Rich Are Different From You and Me - They ...
    Benjamin Franklin, who used his many talents to become a wealthy man, famously said that the only things certain in life are death and taxes. Submitted by Kit B. to US Politics & Gov't  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • ACTION ALERT: Protect Mexican Gray Wolves Fro ...
    In March, a Mexican gray wolf cub who survived last summer's largest fire in Arizona history was found dead -- shot in cold blood. With only 58 endangered Mexican gray wolves, or "lobos," in the wilds of New Mexico and Arizona. Submitted by Simone D. to Animals  |   Not ...

Smirking Chimp

Paul Krugman

No Quarter

  • The “war” continues + new Rosen scandal (Open ...
    The “war on women” is not over. Obama’s large base argues Hilary Rosen should NOT apologize, appearing on CNN, MSNBC, Current, and in print via The Nation’s Katrina vanden Heuvel and Kathleen Parker‘s astonishing WaPo column: [T]his faux battle is silly and utterly ...
  • Ricky Goes Home… Finally!
    Dammit, Ricky!  I KNEW I couldn’t count on you!  Some comic relief YOU turned out to be!  I was SO looking forward to you getting your ass whooped in Pencil-vain-eye-ay… all the way to Cally-forn-eye-ay! It’s too bad that it took your daughter being hospitalized for you to sit down a ...
  • Do moms matter? What of this “war”?
    It would seem that Barack Obama has lost control of his reelection narrative. “Democrats opened a front mischievously a month ago. They just got nailed,” said Reagan speech-writer Peggy Noonan on Morning Joe today. Democrats should “let it go,” Noonan advised. But Obama s ...
  • Splish Splash, North Korea’s Missile Took a Ba ...
    Sometimes history repeats itself, well this time without the funny-looking little guy with tall hair. But the stories are so close that I wansted to repost it 3 years later (almost to the day). On April 5 (2009), North Korea’s so-called “Kwangmyongsong-2 Communications Satellite” (yeah, right—mo ...
  • Watchdogs to Lapdogs
    The Press, AKA the Media, are supposed to be the watchdogs of the people. Their job is to tell us the facts so that we may better form our opinions and know what is going on in the country. Somewhere along the way the “job” seems to have been co-opted by the needs of many in [...]

Futurismic

  • Hope for a Global Spring?
    Perhaps it’s because of the economy is beginning – finally – to pick up in the US. Perhaps it is because I’m sick to death of bad election-year politics, so I’m looking at anything else that comes along of interest. Maybe it’s even because I wrote about creative destruction the last time I did a ...
  • The only way to change your past is to steal s ...
    I get a fairly regular flow of emails about independent film projects. Most of them, to be honest, bounce straight off me – which says less about their quality than it does about my own taste in cinema. Independent cinema – like independent music and literature – has lots of pr ...
  • Censorship: I’m guilty as charged
    So, I stand accused of censorship by someone whose comment I declined to approve on this post. I figure anyone willing to throw around accusations of censorship is probably a big fan of radical transparency; hence, by way of amelioration, here is the digital papertrail for the full exchange. (Em ...
  • The Future Always Wins
    Soooooo, yeah – I’ve been busy. Did you miss me? New job, Masters degree… doesn’t leave a lot of spare time, so it doesn’t. But it’s been quiet here too long, so it’s time to dust down the soapbox and run a mic-check. One-two, one-two. The Future Always ...
  • New Economies
    Last month I pondered the extent to which the Arab Spring and Occupy Everything are socially-driven acts of creative destruction. Creative destruction is defined as a “process of industrial mutation that incessantly revolutionizes the economic structure from within, incessantly destroying ...

Therapy News

  • Do People Misestimate Their Future Reactions?
    When someone is asked to predict their emotional reaction to a future, hypothetical event, they usually underestimate how they will respond, according to previous research. However, a new study, led by Heather C. Lench of the Department of Psychology at Texas A&M University, suggests otherwi ...
  • Therapist Self-Disclosure Decreases Stigma of ...
    One of the primary reasons people neglect to seek treatment for their mental health problems is because they are concerned about the external and internal stigmas associated with mental illness. Public stigma is the external belief that one is defective if they receive therapy for their problems ...
  • GoodTherapy.org Weekly Inspirational Thoughts
    November 23, 2011 – As we approach Thanksgiving, the day that reminds us to be thankful for those around us, we present Ghandi’s belief in the unity of all living things. Keep this in mind as you care for your loved ones this weekend and for those who are less fortunate. Happy Thanks ...
  • Can Negative Attributions Predict Marital Diss ...
    Engaged couples form patterns of positive and negative behavior that can predict their marital satisfaction. “Serious marital dissatisfaction predicts increased risk for a major depressive episode, even when controlling for history of depression,” said Rebecca E. Osterhout of the New Mexico Vete ...
  • Three Steps for Dealing with Panic Attacks
    Panic attacks are usually initiated by a triggering thought or collection of thoughts that are anxiety-provoking in nature. These thoughts then cause an overly exaggerated anxiety response in the body (choking sensations, dizziness, tightness, tingling, etc). These physical sensations are then o ...

Mountaintop Removal

  • Climate Reality Check Coalition: Action, Actio ...
    Climate Science Watch Climate Reality Check Coalition: Action, Action, Action! Climate Science Watch Organizers discussed upcoming actions including: Earth Day 2012, 350.org Climate Impacts Day, Alliance for Appalachia's Week in Washington and Day of Action to End Mountaintop Removal, and Ha ...
  • Letter: Commissioners better stop silica sand ...
    Letter: Commissioners better stop silica sand Republican Eagle In West Virginia, the mountain top removal tactics of Massey Energy are so untouchable that despite lawsuits, protests and multiple deaths of coal miners due to unsafe conditions, they brazenly built a coal silo just 300 feet from an ...
  • LONE STAR COLLEGE-CYFAIR CELEBRATES EARTH DAY ...
    LONE STAR COLLEGE-CYFAIR CELEBRATES EARTH DAY AND EARTH WEEK The Cypress Times ... sessions titled “Understanding Climate”, “Calculating Energy Savings”, “Mountaintop Removal Mining”, “Angry Thirsty Birds: How Our Bird Population has Adjusted to Our Drought” (a joint ALL/LIFE workshop) and “Drou ...
  • Sustainability Film: Black Diamonds - The News ...
    Sustainability Film: Black Diamonds The News Record Black Diamonds: Mountaintop Removal and the Fight for Coalfield Justice is an award-winning feature documentary exploring radical community resistance to the explosive rise of mountaintop removal coal mines in Appalachian states.
  • Professor fights mountaintop removal - Echo On ...
    Professor fights mountaintop removal Echo Online (subscription) “When I heard the about mountain top removal and how it pollutes the water with heavy metals, I decided to become a mountain justice worker.” Hacker-Cerulean said there have been more than 1000 mountains destroyed since the 1970s in ...

Memeorandum

  • Secret Service agents busted because they refu ...
    NY Daily News: Secret Service agents busted because they refused to pay hooker: source  —  Scandal was revealed Friday before President Obama arrived in Colombia for Summit of the Americas  —  President Barack Obama waves upon arrival to Cartagena, Colombia, Frid ...
  • Obama Calls Romney's Stance on Immigration 'Ve ...
    ABCNEWS: Obama Calls Romney's Stance on Immigration ‘Very Troublesome’  —  CARTAGENA, Colombia — President Obama, on a three-day trip to South America, attacked GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney's stance on immigration reform today, saying his support for Arizona's t ...
  • Obama pledges attempt at immigration reform in ...
    Univision News Tumblr: Obama pledges attempt at immigration reform in second term  —  On Friday evening, Univision anchor Enrique Acevedo spoke with U.S. President Barack Obama about a number of pressing issues at the Sixth Summit of the Americas including democratization, drug ...
  • Secret Service agents relieved of duty in Colo ...
    CNN: Secret Service agents relieved of duty in Colombia amid alleged misconduct  —  Cartagena, Colombia (CNN) — A group of Secret Service agents and officers sent to Colombia ahead of President Barack Obama were relieved of duty and returned home amid allegations of miscon ...
  • Former AG Gonzales: Rubio not a wise VP pick ( ...
    Alberto Gonzales / CNN: Former AG Gonzales: Rubio not a wise VP pick  —  Boston (CNN) - Florida Sen. Marco Rubio would not be a wise pick for number two on the GOP ticket this year, former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales told CNN Saturday.  —  Rubio is not ...

Energy & Environment News

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China Dialogue

  • Korea’s green ribbon of hope
    The deathly forces that lock humans out of the demilitarised zone have allowed other species to thrive, writes Lisa Brady. Could a remnant of violent conflict become the symbol of a greener, more peaceful future?A thin green ribbon threads its way across the Korean Peninsula. Viewed from space, ...
  • Delving behind the headlines
    Feng Jie, named “Journalist of the Year” at the 2012 China Environmental Press Awards, sees a “golden age” for reporters. But, she tells Liu Yuan, pollution and water shortages are difficult realities to explore. Feng Jie’s first reaction on hearing that she&rs ...
  • China’s best green journalists
    Liu Jianqiang announces the winners of the 2012 China Environmental Press Awards.On April 10, China's Environmental Press Awards recognised the efforts of more than 20 environmental journalists. Their articles have exposed inconvenient environmental truths throughout the past year: from offshore ...
  • China’s citizen journalists
    Concerned citizens are using microblogs and other online tools to help protect the environment. Feng Yongfeng explains how the 2012 China Environmental Press Awards recognised their contributions.The 2012 China Environmental Press Awards, co-organised by chinadialogue, The Guardian and Sina, for ...
  • China’s tainted rice trail
    One tenth of China’s rice yield may carry harmful levels of cadmium, writes Gong Jing in this report on heavy metals in the food chain, winner of the “biggest impact” category at the 2012 China Environmental Press Awards.Gong Jing’s article on cadmium-contaminated rice &n ...

AlterNet Top Stories

  • Tennessee Skewers Teaching of Evolution in Sch ...
    Thanks to ALEC, the Volunteer State has adopted a law intended to undermine the teaching of evolution in public schools. Just don't expect them to stop there.
  • 6 Reasons to Check out HBO's Show "Girls& ...
    There's been a huge amount of debate about the TV show "Girls." But it's worth giving it a try.
  • Witness to Mexico's Drug War Escalation: 'Lega ...
    Witness to the everyday bloody cost of policies and politics, author Ioan Grillo explains the drug war from Mexico's perspective.
  • ALEC Annoyed at Losing Sponsors? It Breaks My ...
    It is a myth that Gandhi said, “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” But that old saying nevertheless carries a lot of truth when it comes to social movements. And it is always a pleasure to see a worthy target of activism move from disre ...
  • Title X and The Role of Family Planning Provid ...
    Written by Clare Coleman for RH Reality Check. This diary is cross-posted; commenters wishing to engage directly with the author should do so at the original post. This article is published in partnership with the National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) as part of our joint series on STD ...

Threat Level

  • Judge Won’t Purge Megaupload User Data, At Lea ...
    A federal judge on Friday declined to pull the plug on 25 million gigabytes of Megaupload data seized when the government shuttered the file sharing service in January. But the fate of the gigantic trove of data remains unsettled.
  • Shades of 1984 Emerge in Broadcast TV Copyrigh ...
    In 1984, Hollywood was arguing that the VCR and home taping would kill its business and wanted the Supreme Court to outlaw the devices from Americans' living rooms. Luckily, for Americans and Hollywood, the Supreme Court recognized the power of innovation and the limits of copyright in a 5-4 dec ...
  • WorkiLeaks: How to Be a Workplace Leaker Witho ...
    Gawker landed itself a mole inside Fox News this week, but he lasted only 24 hours before being smoked out by his employer. Here's some tips on how to last longer if you decide to become a leaker.
  • Code Not Physical Property, Court Rules in Gol ...
    Former Goldman Sachs programmer Sergei Aleynikov, who downloaded source code for the investment firm's high-speed trading system from the company's computers, was wrongly charged with theft of property because the code did not qualify as a physical object under a federal theft statute, according ...
  • FAA Grounds $75,000 Surveillance Drone Due to ...
    The state of Hawaii spent $75,000 to purchase a drone to conduct aerial surveillance over Honolulu Harbor, but the aircraft has been sitting in storage since it was delivered last year because authorities have been prohibited from flying it.

Equality Trust

  • Act Local = Reduce the Gap
    Find out more about our new campaign: Act Local = Reduce the Gap
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    Visit the website of One Society which works in partnership with The Equality Trust. One Society draws on a wealth of research which shows that large divides in income at the top and bottom of society – beyond ‘proportional rewards’ – are damaging to our economy and society, not just for those ...
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  • Action for Happiness
    Action for Happiness is a new movement for positive social change, founded by Richard Layard, Geoff Mulgan and Anthony Seldon.   They aim to bring together people from all walks of life who want to play a part in creating a happier society for everyone. Their vision of a better future inc ...
  • Traduction des preuves en Français
     Les preuves en Français Preuves à l’appui: une introduction Preuves à l’appui: la santé physique Preuves à l’appui: la santé mentale Preuves à l’appui: la toxicomanie Preuves à l’appui: l’éducation Preuves à l’appui: la population carcérale      

PDA AMERICA

  • Wikiarguments: A Practical Plan to Get Big Mon ...
    Wikiarguments: A Practical Plan to Get Big Money Out of Politics By Carmen Yarrusso There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.”–Henry David Thoreau Clearly, our government ...
  • IOT: Healthcare for All Jan Call
    Call – Healthcare for All IOT Date – Jan 18, 2011 Agenda: 1. Introductions—Dr. Bill Honigman, PDA Healthcare for All IOT coordinator and California State Coordinator 2. National Single Payer Movement—Katie Robbins, Healthcare-NOW! 3. States Single Payer Movement–Chuck Pennacchi ...
  • PDA Weekly Field Report 1/7/2011 – 1/18/2011
    Little Victories! Field Site: onenationpda.org California ADEM elections: Congratulations to all our PDA California friends and allies who completed a sweep up and down at the state at the recent CA Democratic Party Delegate elections. This will put the ...
  • War is a Crime: Join In For Justice
    WarIsACrime.org JOIN IN FOR JUSTICE! 1/17/11 Washington, D.C., and Quantico, Va. Protest of FBI Raids and Bradley Manning Imprisonment http://www.defendingdissent.org/action/Events.htm 1/18/11 Washington, D.C. Panel with Rep. Rush Holt, Emily Berman from the Brennan Center for Justice, Shah ...
  • An American Suicide Terrorist
    William John Cox The shooter of Congresswoman Gifford acted as a domestic suicide terrorist on the political “battleground” of American politics. His YouTube postings and “goodby” phone messages are ominously reminiscent of the traditional farewell videos ...

Marler Blog

  • As many as 13 potential Raw Milk Illnesses in ...
    The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has confirmed 13 cases of E. coli bacterial infection in central and western Missouri. Six of the cases involved people who drank raw milk purchased from the same farm, said Gena Terlizzi, an official with the Missouri health department. Stil ...
  • Q&A with E. coli Attorney Bill Marler, on Raw ...
    The Oregon Public Health Division, Department of Agriculture and several local Oregon health departments are investigating an outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 (E. coli) infections that have left three Portland-area children hospitalized, two with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a complicati ...
  • As many as 11 sickened by Oregon E. coli Raw M ...
    The Portland Oregonian reported that raw milk from cows at Foundation Farm in Wilsonville has sickened at least 11 people (two children with acute kidney failure or HUS) with E. coli O157:H7 in Washington, Clackamas and Multnomah counties, Oregon health officials said Friday. The farm has sold r ...
  • Moon Marine Raw Yellowfin Tuna link in Salmone ...
    “Nakaochi Scrape” associated with a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Bareilly infections FDA Fast Facts • Moon Marine USA Corporation (also known as MMI) of Cupertino, Calif. is voluntarily recalling 58,828 lbs of a frozen raw yellowfin tuna product, labeled as Nakaochi Scrap ...
  • Raw Milk E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak Announced in ...
    The Oregon Public Health Division, Department of Agriculture and several local Oregon health departments are investigating an outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 - E. coli infections that have left three Portland-area children hospitalized, two with kidney failure (hemolytic uremic syndrome &nd ...

AutoblogGreen

  • Followup: Five people hurt in GM lab explosion ...
    Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, GM More details are filtering in about yesterday's explosion at the General Motors Technical Center battery research lab in Warren, Michigan. First, the number of people injured has climbed to five, with one taken to the hospital and four treated at the s ...
  • Video: Bob Lutz wins push-up contest on Th ...
    Filed under: Hybrid, Videos, Chevrolet, GM, Electric Former General Motors Vice Chairman Bob Lutz went bicep-to-bicep with "America's ballsiest pundit," Stephen Colbert, last night - and came out ahead. Ostensibly, Lutz was on Colbert to talk about his new book, Car Guys Vs. Bean Counters, bu ...
  • Study: One and Done: Study says most hybrid dr ...
    Filed under: Car Buying, Hybrid, Etc., Toyota How much do hybrid drivers really, truly like their cars? According to R.L. Polk, not all that much - at least not in 2011. Polk has released a new hybrid loyalty analysis that concludes that only 35 percent of people who bought a hybrid bought ...
  • New York: Delorean Electric surprises in New Y ...
    Filed under: New York Auto Show, Classics, Hatchback, Electric First announced last October, the reborn, all-electric Delorean has made a surprise appearance at the New York Auto Show this year. It's a surprise because not even Delorean Motor Company president Stephen Wynne knew he was going ...
  • Report: Improving Chevy Volt sales leads GM to ...
    Filed under: Hybrid, Plants/Manufacturing, Hatchback, Chevrolet, UAW/Unions, Electric Just the other day, we heard that General Motors might extend its traditional two-week summer shutdown to three weeks for the Chevrolet Volt. But, after record Volt sales last month, we wonder how the calend ...

Rafe's Radar

Camera Obscura

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  • Pathos and pathology: the cinema of Todd Haynes.
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935025/pathos-and-pathology-cinema.html September 1, 2004... Because infinity--for the eye--begins just a few meters away from the retina.... --Roger Caillois, "The Image" There are at least two shots in Todd Haynes's work that recur so ...
  • The incredible shrinking star: Todd Haynes and ...
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935026/incredible-shrinking-star-todd.html September 1, 2004... Critics have consistently characterized the films of Todd Haynes within the terms of what B. Ruby Rich described in 1992 as the "new queer cinema"--films whose style displayed traces ...
  • Written on the screen: mediation and immersion ...
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935031/written-screen-mediation-and.html September 1, 2004... Recently, while engaging in one of my favorite forms of procrastination--using my computer to search for mid-century modern bargains on eBay rather than using it to engage in more rigo ...
  • Traumatic postmodern histories: Velvet Goldmin ...
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935030/traumatic-postmodern-histories-velvet.html September 1, 2004... If modernity was characterized by and imagined itself in terms of a particular awareness of time and history--the unfolding of social, political, and technological projects of ...

Democracy Now!

  • The Long, Hot March of Climate Change
    By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan The Pentagon knows it. The world’s largest insurers know it. Now, governments may be overthrown because of it. It is climate change, and it is real. According to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, last month was the hottest March on r ...
  • Kenneth Chamberlain's Family Says Autopsy Cont ...
    The former Marine shot by cops in his apartment died from a single bullet that entered his right arm and ripped through both lungs, according to an autopsy report obtained by the Daily News. The lawyer for Kenneth Chamberlain’s family said the autopsy contradicts the police account of his death ...
  • Tonight: Sharif Abdel Kouddous to Receive Izzy ...
    Tonight Democracy Now! correspondent Sharif Abdel Kouddous will receive the fourth annual Izzy Award for outstanding achievement in independent media, presented by the Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College, Phillips Hall, Emerson Suites. The event is free and open to the public. ...
  • Democracy Now! Host Amy Goodman Named "Truthdi ...
    From the Truthdig.org website: This week’s Truthdigger choice may seem like a no-brainer, and in many ways it is, as journalist and “Democracy Now!” host Amy Goodman has made a career out of exemplifying just those qualities we look for when picking our winners. Many of those attributes fa ...
  • VIDEO: Malian Musician Khaira Arby, "Nightinga ...
    As we recently reported, Tuareg rebels in the West African nation of Mali have declared the independent state of Azawad after seizing Timbuktu and other major cities in the north. Renowned Malian musician Khaira Arby, was was born and raised in Timbuktu, where she studied under the legendary ...

Suzie-Q

  • Weekly Address Of President Obama: It’s Time F ...
    One of the fundamental challenges of our time is building an economy where everyone gets a fair shot, everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same rules. And as many Americans rush to file their taxes this weekend, it’s worth pointing out that we’ve got a tax system that doesn’ ...
  • Obama Paid Higher Rate Than Mitt Romney, 2011 ...
    guardian.co.uk, Friday 13 April 2012 14.24 EDT White House says president believes he should pay more tax as returns show he and Michelle paid 20.5% on $789,674 The White House has said the president believes he should pay more tax as the release of Barack Obama‘s returns showed he was tax ...
  • Obamas and Bidens to Release Tax Returns
    The New York Times By MARK LANDLER and JIM RUTENBERG Published: April 13, 2012 WASHINGTON — Punctuating a week of political assaults on Mitt Romney over taxes, President Obama and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. plan to release their own income tax returns on Friday, along with a statement ca ...
  • Mitt Romney: Memories to Last a Lifetime (VIDEO)
  • New Digital Calculator Compares American’s Tax ...
    CHICAGO, IL — Today, Obama for America released a newdigital calculator that individuals can use to see how their tax rate stacks up against Mitt Romney’s – and then see what the Buffett Rule would do to make the tax code more fair so that we can help reduce the deficit and grow the econom ...

Solari

  • In the SF Bay Area: Ani’s Mediterranean ...
    By Catherine Austin Fitts I was walking through a mall in Corte Madre on Friday afternoon looking for store to arrange for a new phone (at last, I ditched the iPhone!). I had seen signs for a farmers market. I turned the corner and suddenly smelled the most heavenly food and heard wonderful mus ...
  • Solari Special Report: Jumpstart Our Business ...
    By Carolyn A. Betts, Esq. with Catherine Austin Fitts The following table compares the crowdfunding provisions enacted in Title 3 of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (“JOBS Act”) (as well as a few expansions in the JOBS Act to Regulation A and Regulation D in Article 21) to currently-ava ...
  • Natural Gas Prices Stay at 10-year Low
    By Chris Kahn, AP Energy Writer New York (AP) – A 10-month slide in natural gas prices took a breather after the government said U.S. supplies didn’t grow as much as expected last week. The futures contract price slipped by just a tenth of a penny Thursday to finish at $1.983 per 1, ...
  • Ron Finley: Food Forest
    This film tells the story of a South Los Angeles edible garden planted in a surprising spot. Ron Finley, its planter, constructed the garden the way he wishes his neighborhood could be. YouTube (27 March 12) To Learn More About Teaching Gardens: The California Endowment American [...]
  • Quote du Jour
    “Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.” - H. G. Wells (1920) Related reading: H. G. Wells From Wikipedia

Insurgency Watch - Newswire

  • Times Scare
    ISLAMABAD–The apparent links between Pakistan and Faisal Shahzad are certainly cause for concern, but let’s not lose site of things here. The attack in Times Square was a fizzle. The rush to claim credit is a bit embarassing for the TTP and looks like it was — like the attack itself — a rush job ...
  • Stepping up - University at Buffalo The Spectrum
    Stepping up University at Buffalo The Spectrum The president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, recognized the direness of the situation and began to mobilize military forces to combat the Taliban. ... and more »
  • Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of ...
    BBC News Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of Afghan women Chicago Tribune Would nuclear-armed Pakistan become even more vulnerable to its own Taliban insurgency? Will a defeat embolden America's enemies? That line of thinking must ... Vietnam syndrome has begun in AfghanistanSri L ...
  • Officials: Campus blasts perplexing - United P ...
    Officials: Campus blasts perplexing United Press International ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The International Islamic University, where bomb blasts killed at least six people, is a unique Pakistani institution ... and more »
  • Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing - GMA ...
    Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing GMA news.tv An Associated Press reporter met three Taliban fighters Tuesday traveling in a car with darkened windows at Shaktoi, a town close to the border between ... and more »

AlterNet - Rights and Liberties

Sideways News

  • Could you be a 10:10 community champion?
    The Guardian Newspaper and Franny Armstrong, through the Guardian 10:10 campaign, challenge organisations and individuals to cut their carbon footprint by 10%.
  • Brit mums strict about eco-chores
    Families in the UK are increasingly likely to be nagged about doing eco-chores, a new study conducted on behalf of the Energy Saving Trust has revealed.
  • UK venue offers rainforest weddings
    Getting married in a luscious rainforest has never been easier or more eco-friendly, according to the Eden Project.
  • Battery recycling 'too difficult'
    The European Recycling Platform (ERP) reports that while only a third of households at present recycle batteries, four out of five said they would do so if it was made easier.
  • 10 green resolutions to save you money
    By taking green steps at home, you can save money and make life easier. Being smart about waste, consumption and resources won't only win you the thanks of forthcoming generations: you'll feel the financial benefit immediately. 1. Make money from old electronics As your electronic goods become o ...

Fabius Maximus

  • Vietnam Has Left Town. Say Hello to our New Sy ...
    Summary:  No nation, no matter how powerful, can long prosper (perhaps not even survive) with a broken observation-orientation-decision-action loop (OODA loop).  Like ours.  The primary symptom: an inability to learn.  We cannot learn from our peers’ to fix our health care system.  We cann ...
  • Peter Van Buren explains “What We Lost i ...
    Summary:  Today we have an account of one man’s experience doing the right thing in the New America.  He dared to tell us the truth about the Iraq War.  We repaid him with illegal punishments and a broken career (the whistleblower laws, like all laws today, were meaningless) – pour l ...
  • Peter Van Buren explains “What We Lost i ...
    Summary:  Today we have an account of one man’s experience doing the right thing in the New America.  He dared to tell us the truth about the Iraq War.  We repaid him with illegal punishments and a broken career (the whistleblower laws, like all laws today, were meaningless) – pour l ...
  • Chuck Spinney describes the next phases of the ...
    Summary: Now that we see the end of our war in Afghanistan, this article by Chuck Spinney asks an important question.  What happens to our vets when they come home?  The demobilization process might be painful, for these Vets and for America.  Spinney suggests that we plan now, rather than wait ...
  • Chuck Spinney describes the next phases of the ...
    Summary: Now that we see the end of our war in Afghanistan, this article by Chuck Spinney asks an important question.  What happens to our vets when they come home?  The demobilization process might be painful, for these Vets and for America.  Spinney suggests that we plan now, rather than wait ...

Open Your Eyes News

  • Vatican kicks out Roma on Easter
    Press TV – About 150 Roma gypsies were barred from participating in the Easter vigil of the basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls on Sunday, after temporarily taking shelter there on Good Friday, The Telegraph reported.  Local and foreign pilgrims, who had gathered to attend the vigil, ...
  • Euro strikes 16-month high against dollar
    Breitbart – The euro struck a 16-month high against the dollar and the Swiss franc notched a record high versus the US unit Tuesday amid heightened investor nerves over this week’s busy economic calendar. The European single currency hit $1.4653 in morning trade, the highest point si ...
  • British pound devalues by 94% in 50yrs
    PressTV – A new survey shows that the value of money in the UK has dropped by 94 percent over the past 50 years, which means an 18-time increase in retail prices. The survey carried out by BM Savings has found that almost £1,800 is needed to match the buying power of £100 in 1960, [...]
  • Peru suffers an ‘environmental tragedy’
    IOL – The rising price of gold has multiplied by six the pace of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in the Peruvian region of Madre de Dios in recent years, a study published on Tuesday said. Illegal gold searches using primitive techniques in the years 2003-9 led to the destruction of ...
  • Next step humans? Every new pet dog in Britain ...
    Daily Mail – Every new pet dog will be microchipped under sweeping Government regulations to combat dangerous animals. Each puppy born and dog sold will have an electronic chip implanted under the skin. Details will then be placed on a national database accessible by police and the RSPCA. ...

The Progressive Realist

  • Foreign Entanglements: Sanctions Now, Sanction ...
    Michael Singh and Matt Duss have a very good conversation on Iran sanctions policy in the latest Foreign Entanglements: With any luck, Mark Dubowitz of FDD and I will be having a conversation early next week on the same topic.
  • Rebuilding the World: A Review of Anthony Shad ...
    House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East  By Anthony Shadid, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 336 pages, $26.00   The story of making a house is one of the great and ancient archetypes of literature. You could say that it is a story as old as writing itself, since the image of ...
  • Guinea-Bissau: Military Coup Threatens Democra ...
    Guinea-Bissau is once again in the throes of an attempted coup to depose its leadership. The military took over key parts of the capital of Guinea-Bissau yesterday, reportedly taking over the national radio station and the ruling party headquarters. The country’s interim president, Raimund ...
  • You Might Have Missed: Drones, Night Raids and ...
    “Piracy and Private Security,” The Economist, April 14, 2012. Private security teams patrol the decks of around 40% of large vessels in the “high-risk area” that stretches from the Persian Gulf to the Seychelles in the south and the Maldives in the east. When pirates attack, these armed guards ...
  • Observations of a Rocket Launch
    On March 16, 2012 North Korea announced they intended a rocket launch for purposes of putting a satellite in orbit. Over time it was discovered the reason for the rocket launch was specific to a request left in the will of the now deceased Dear Leader. There has been a lot of discussion internat ...

TAPPED - The American Prospect

  • Mitt Romney Declares his Conservatism, and It' ...
    After today’s speech to the National Rifle Association, there should be no speculation about Mitt Romney’s ideological positioning in the general election. More than running as a conservative, Romney has positioned himself as an absolutely stalwart defender of conservative values, and his rheto ...
  • Rebuilding the World
    House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East  By Anthony Shadid, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 336 pages, $26.00   The story of making a house is one of the great and ancient archetypes of literature. You could say that it is a story as old as writing itself, since the image of ...
  • Friday Music Break
    For today's edition of Just Because It's Awesome, we have a terrific 1976 performance of the sadly departed Warren Zevon doing "Mohammed's Radio" with some help from Jackson Browne. Just because it's awesome.
  • Mapping the ACA
    Via Sarah Kliff, here's a great graphic from Kaiser Family Foundation laying out how funds from the Affordable Care Act are being distributed across the country:   In total, over $12 billion has been handed out to state governments and private entities to implement the provisions of the ACA. B ...
  • Mitt Goes Hunting
    Today, Mitt Romney will address the National Rifle Association, and we can be fairly sure he won't be telling them anything they don't want to hear. That's not just because telling people things they don't want to hear is something Mitt Romney doesn't do, but also because he's still transitioni ...

Buzzflash

  • It's Perfectly Legal for Drug Companies to Pro ...
    MARK KARLIN, EDITOR OF BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT According to a Seattle Crosscut Public Media article, Leftover medications are fueling an epidemic of prescription-drug abuse that is killing more Washingtonians than traffic accidents, say drug-addiction experts. Yet pharmaceutical companies have co ...
  • Ann Romney: Not All Moms Have the Choice to Be ...
    DEE EVANS FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT My Mother finally got her chance to be a stay at home Mom...at age 65. As a single mother with five kids, she didn't have a ‘choice' of staying home and raising her kids...she had to work to put food on our table, clothes on our backs and a roof over our head ...
  • How Freedom of Speech is Abused by Fanatics
    ANN DAVIDOW FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT These days ‘freedom of speech' is used to justify outlandish outbursts by candidates as well as officeholders. Screeds from people like Sarah Palin and those she supports are so ludicrous and irresponsible they shouldn't be taken seriously although they ofte ...
  • Is Big Pharma Peddling Narcotics? Take Oxycont ...
    MARK KARLIN, EDITOR OF BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT In response to the BuzzFlash at Truthout commentary, "Who is the Biggest Drug Cartel in the World? Big Pharma," we received a Salon article by journalist Evelyn Nieves, "America's pill-popping capital: Welcome to Kermit, W.Va. -- ground zero of the pr ...
  • Freedom Is on the March ... Backwards
    HARVEY WASSERMAN FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT At freedom's core is protection from arbitrary police power and the right to choose one's own medicine, as well as to express one's opinion, however controversial. All three of these rights have taken very troubling recent hits. Mired in imperial war an ...

Glenn Greenwald - Salon

The BiPartisan Report

Sciencebase

  • A virtual trip to New Mexico
    The Alchemist takes a virtual trip to New Mexico this week to learn of resistant bacteria. He also discovers that counter intuitively putting certain zeolites under pressure can open up the entrances to their pores. In geochemistry, we learn why copper is not found so commonly at the Earth&#8217 ...
  • A dinosaur timeline
    Dinosaurs are on my mind…not least because of the ACS’s intelligent alien dinosaur story and the attempt to ban the word and all evolutionary themes by the NYC Department of Education but also because my good buddy Ed Yong just alerted us to a Smithsonian article that puts the dinosa ...
  • Crowdsourcing science definitions
    Forget long-winded, long-form, textbooks, essays and all that overblown background reading stuff! Science 140 is a new crowdsourcing social media project that hopes to collate science definitions andexplanations. As the name would suggest, each has to be 140 characters or fewer, tweet length, in ...
  • More intelligent alien dinosaurs
    Yesterday, I posted about chemist Ronald Breslow’s frivolous claim that the nature of homochirality on Earth might not be duplicated on other planets and that there might be intelligent dinosaurs ruling other worlds. It seems like it was a flippant and not particularly precise comment piec ...
  • Alien dinosaur chemists
    A press release earlier this week from the American Chemical Society that mentioned intelligent alien dinosaurs was bound to pique the interest of the tabloids, wasn’t it? The Daily Mail ran with the bizarre headline:” Welcome new lizard overlords – New study suggests alien wor ...

Common Dreams-Progressive Newswire

  • Iran Talks, Bahrain Repression, Summit of Americas
    GARETH PORTER, porter.gareth50 at gmail.comread more
  • 50-plus Corals in U.S. Waters Face Extinction ...
    Without help, more than 50 coral species in U.S. waters are likely to go extinct by the end the century, primarily because of ocean warming, disease and ocean acidification, a government report said today. The National Marine Fisheries Service released a status review of 82 corals that are being ...
  • Brady Campaign Statement on Romney's Appearanc ...
    "Mitt Romney has already established a clear reputation for flip-flopping and pandering to win votes, and that is just what he is doing by speaking at the NRA convention. This time he is going too far. He is proudly aligning himself with a lobby that is responsible for the deaths of thousan ...
  • Mars Inc. Quits ALEC Orbit
    As more major companies reconsider their ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), Common Cause today praised Mars Inc, the maker of Skittles, for its decision to join the ALEC exodus: “Mars has done the right thing,” said Bob Edgar, Common Cause’s president. &l ...
  • Minnesota Fair Trade Urges President Obama not ...
    The Minnesota Fair Trade Coalition has sent a letter to President Obama, urging him to put greater pressure on the Colombian government to complete and enforce protections for workers before implementing the Colombia Free Trade Agreement. As the President travels to Cartegna, Colombia for the Su ...

Common Dreams-Views

  • Canada's Seal Slaughter Must Go the Same Way a ...
    Mimi Bekhechi This Thursday marks the official start of Newfoundland's and Labrador's spring seal-slaughtering season. More than two thousand seals have been killed so far this year. Many more will be clubbed or shot before sealers ...
  • Stop the Online Spying Bill
    Josh Levy Want to give the federal government and big companies new powers to spy on you? You’re in luck: There's a bill for that. CISPA could lead to attacks on our right to speak freely online.read more
  • Protesting NATO in Chicago will be too Late fo ...
    Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers Dear friends of ordinary 99 percent Afghans, We thank you for your love and your hands and feet, in organizing for the upcoming Chicago protests! In these killing days, we in Afghanistan do not expect the inter ...
  • America's Safety Net Under Attack
    Greg Kaufmann If you’ve never heard of state-funded General Assistance (GA) programs, you’re hardly alone. A “safety net of last resort” for very poor people—often childless adults—who don’t qualify ...
  • The Federal Reserve Turns Left
    William Greider Washington is lost in a snarl of confusion, cowardice and wrongheaded ideological assumptions that threaten to keep the economy in a ditch for a long time. That prospect is not much discussed in the halls of Congress or the ...

Newshoggers - AfPak

Water Wars

  • San Diego agency opens online front in water wars
    SAN DIEGO—California s water wars have long been waged in courtrooms, but shots are now being fired on the Internet as well.
  • Water agency takes feud with supplier to the & ...
    SAN DIEGO — California's water wars have long been waged in courtrooms, but shots are now being fired on the Internet as well.
  • California Water Wars: High Stakes Vote
    SAN DIEGO -- The website displays a clock counting down seconds to Tuesday's board meeting of Southern California's major water wholesaler. It is part of a new front in California's water wars opened by the agency that purchases water for San Diego and its suburbs.
  • High-stakes vote nears in California water wars
    The website displays a clock counting down seconds to Tuesday's board meeting of Southern California's major water wholesaler.It is part of a new front in California's water wars opened by the agency that ...
  • High-stakes vote nears as San Diego agency lau ...
    SAN DIEGO - The website displays a clock counting down seconds to Tuesday's board meeting of Southern California's major water wholesaler. It is part of a new front in California's water wars opened by the agency that purchases water for San Diego and its suburbs.

WordPress | Economics

Electronic Intifada

  • With campus propagandists like these, the sati ...
    Jimmy Johnson 14 April 2012 Jimmy Johnson’s ironic report on a Zionist propaganda event at Wayne State University, which was protested by student activists.
  • Why are Palestinians paying for Germany's sins?
    Susan Abulhawa 14 April 2012 While Palestinians continue to be robbed of their land, heritage and human rights to atone for Germany’s sins, Germany unreservedly supports Israel.
  • Israeli democracy was dead on arrival: Peter B ...
    Rod Such 13 April 2012 In his new book, The Crisis of Zionism, Peter Beinart stops well short of accepting a Palestinian right of return or repudiating the idea that Jews are sovereign in a state where fully a fifth of its citizens are non-Jews.
  • Gaza family awaits new home, 9 years after dem ...
    Rami Almeghari Rafah 13 April 2012 Gaza families whose homes were destroyed in Israeli attacks can’t rebuild until Israel allows a sufficient quantity of building material into Gaza.
  • The undercover persecution of Muslim Americans
    Maureen Clare Murphy Chicago 13 April 2012 The arrest of a Muslim man in Pittsburgh one day before he was to publicly state he was the target of an FBI sting operation exposes the injustices in domestic terror prosecutions.

The Wonk Room

  • NRA Member Calls Wayne LaPierre ‘Over Th ...
    ST. LOUIS, MO — National Rifle Association executive vice president Wayne LaPierre has been trying to convince NRA members and the public at large of a grand conspiracy theory that President Obama wants to eliminate the Second Amendment and take away everyone’s guns. “All that ...
  • Why Fossil Fuel Abundance Is An Illusion, Unle ...
    Inaction (“No Policy” via M.I.T.) eliminates most of the uncertainty about whether or not future warming will be catastrophic.  Aggressive emissions reductions (“Policy” or “Level 1 Case”) dramatically improves humanity’s chances. Hitting even 4-5°C (7-9°F) global warming ...
  • 9th And 10th Companies Drop ALEC
    Reed Elsevier — a personal information provider (of services such as Lexis-Nexis) — and American Traffic Solutions — a provider of traffic technology solutions — have become the 9th and 10th companies to drop ALEC. Reed Elsevier stated that the campaign to highlight ALEC& ...
  • SoCal’s New Sustainability Strategy Is A ...
    by Kaid Benfield, via NRDC’s Switchboard We expect forward-looking sustainability planning from places like Portland, Vancouver and Copenhagen.  Los Angeles?  Not so much.  Southern California is a region much better known for environmental problems than solutions, which is precisely why i ...
  • Does Mitt Romney Support Paid Sick Days?
    Our guest blogger is Melissa Boteach, Director of the Half in Ten project at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Raising children is hard work. And no one is arguing that Ann Romney — who has been the center of attention since Democratic strategist Hillary Rosen contended that sh ...

thwap's schoolyard

  • Consequences
    It's high time that Canadians started to care about their democracy. Because the stupid, self-righteous, ignorant outbursts of "Ah! They're all crooks!" is totally unproductive. They are NOT all crooks, and, if they were, wouldn't that be cause to do something more than bitch and grumble in the ...
  • harper, The Pretender, Making Ass of hisself a ...
    So, the guy who cheats to win power over us? The guy whose power over us stems from his control of a majority of the votes in an institution he himself has no respect for? The guy who lies shamelessly to our representatives in Parliament and to us through the news media? That guy? Well, apparen ...
  • Two Things
    I like this cartoon. In other news ... "Canadians continued to heap on debt in first quarter" The sniveling toadies to the USA masters of the Canadian universe seem perplexed that Canadians, already with debt-to-income levels of 150% are still not living within their means. In a recent intervi ...
  • harper Broke the Law: Punish him!
    Bradley Manning found evidence of war crimes. He found evidence that his country was engaged in criminal activity all over the world including mass murder. He courageously exposed these crimes to the world. In response, the Harvard Constitutional scholar, President Barack Obama, as Commander in ...
  • Montreal Simon was drunk ...
    Apparently. And he wrote some heartfelt plea for solidarity. I on the other hand, stayed overnight in the city where I work for an unusually early-in-the-morning appointment. So I had two drags on the joint my friend rolled and was right into outer-space. I went out for a walk downtown and tr ...

on Government Oversight

Digital Journal

  • Ontario New Democrats stick with Andrea Horwat ...
    Andrea Horwath, leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party, is staying on as head of the left-leaning party after garnering 76.4 percent support of the 800 delegates at a weekend convention in her Hamilton Centre provincial riding.
  • NBA: Raptors knock off frustrated Celtics
    For a young Toronto Raptors team learning under the tutelage of new head coach Dwane Casey the team has had its share of disappointments this season.
  • Jaivoan Cromwell, 19, latest Toronto murder victim
    Police were called to the Woolner Avenue and Jane Street area Thursday night concerning a man who had collapsed. He became the 12th person to be listed on the homicide rolls for 2012 in Toronto.
  • 3 Wheels, 2 brothers, 1 Mission: Around the wo ...
    The French department of Mayenne, in north west France, was this week the test-bed in preparation for a unique and ambitious attempt by two brothers to travel 45000 kilometers circumnavigating the globe in a tuk-tuk.
  • George Zimmerman will walk free, burden of pro ...
    If you were the special prosecutor in the tragic death of Trayvon Martin, what would you have done? With millions of Americans, and others, watching, many screaming for an arrest, would you have told them that George Zimmerman would not even be charged?

End Homelessness | Change.org

  • Mississippi Launches Plan To End Child Homeles ...
    Fulfilling the wishes and happiness of children is at the heart of the holiday season. So, now seems particularly timely for Mississippi to launch a new plan to end child homelessness (pdf) in the state.  What better way to set the season of giving in motion than by committing to finding safe an ...
  • Thanksgiving 2.0: Food, Poverty and Telling th ...
    This Thanksgiving, most of us around the country shared a bountiful harvest feast with friends and family. We celebrated all that we are thankful for by gorging ourselves right into a food coma. It's the American way. Unfortunately, it's also the American way to be thankful for all that we have ...
  • Homeless People Wanted: Must Be Open to Demean ...
    What are they thinking? People obviously don't see the homeless as human or they wouldn't attempt to hire them to do most of the insane, demeaning and illegal jobs out there. Here's a small sampling: Rob dead bodies. The Aokigahara forest at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan is the site of 50 to 100 ...
  • LA Plans to Make Homelessness Go the Way of th ...
    Instead of pretending homelessness doesn't exist, creating new laws to make it illegal to sit or sleep in public, or sending homeless residents on a one-way trip out of town, Los Angeles County may attempt to actually do something about ending homelessness. And the county is setting the bar high ...
  • Don't Let Violence Against the Homeless Go Unp ...
    Despite its economic troubles, Detroit is not known for being kind to the homeless. That's too bad, since there are nearly 10,000 homeless people living there. In October, police say that Steven James Diponio, 54, became so enraged at Charles Duncan, 42, who was homeless and sleeping behind a sc ...

Ceasefire.ca

  • The Minister who wasn’t there
    Andrew Coyne lays out a devastating critique of Peter MacKay's failure to present honest cost estimates for the planned F-35 purchase.
  • The nine steps of DND boondoggles
    A guide to the nine standard stages through which a typical DND procurement boondoggle proceeds during the life of the program.
  • Pundits on the F-35 fiasco
    Prominent media commentators and pundits weigh in on the F-35 procurement fiasco.
  • Auditor General condemns F-35 process
    Auditor General Michael Ferguson's first report is a scathing indictment of the Harper government's F-35 procurement process.
  • Military spending cut?
    The headlines after last week's federal budget trumpeted major cuts in the Department of National Defence's budget. But how significant the overall reduction in military spending will be remains to be seen.

Kevin Trudeau Show

  • Gold and China: Where the Bulls and Bears Squa ...
    March 28, 2012 321 Gold By Frank Holmes To paraphrase the great Steve Martin, today’s investors are very passionate people and passionate people tend to overreact at times. An overreaction is exactly what’s happened in gold and global markets in recent weeks. While market bulls have been sniffin ...
  • More Aspartame Side Effects Revealed
    March 28, 2012 Natural News By Aurora Geib “Isn’t is mind boggling that people are still consuming aspartame, especially after all we know about the dangerous side effects?” –KTRN For a great majority of Americans who consume processed food, food additives are an ever-pre ...
  • Human Rights Violations On United States-Mexic ...
    March 29, 2012 CNN By Michael Martinez and Gustavo Valdes Latinos, immigrants and Native Americans experience “a pattern of human right violations” in the American Southwest under U.S. immigration policies, Amnesty International said in a new report. A two-year study focusing mostly ...
  • Getting Healthy Inspires Others
    March 28, 2012 KTRadioNetwork.Com By William Kitner (KTRN Exclusive) When someone asks me for health or nutrition advice, I sometimes laugh to myself – considering at one point in my life I was obese, out of shape, and unhealthy, with horrible seasonal allergies, popping pills whenever I had an ...
  • Avoiding Fluoride and How to Detox It From You ...
    March 29, 2012 DrAxe.Com By Dr. Josh Axe “If you want to learn more about fluoride, read the book The Case Against Fluoride.” –KTRN For decades, fluoride has been considered the “knight in shining armor” in the battle against tooth decay. Children were encouraged to brush their ...

Armies of Liberation

  • Yemen Air Forces bombs soldiers, kills 240
    The Yemeni Air Force bombed the al Samaa Republican Guard garrison in the Arhab district of Sanaa today, deliberately killing 240 guardsmen. The attack came after the troops refused to attack pro-revolution tribesmen with artillery. “The government did not stand quiet when the guards refused ord ...
  • Yemenis protest against al Qaeda
    In a direct rebuke to the terror group, residents of Taiz held a major protest against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) on Thursday evening after prayers. Protesters held signs denouncing AQAP that said, “Your racism will do nothing but make us stronger.” Taiz is the largest city in Yeme ...
  • اوباما يفقد السيطرة على اليمن
    My article from PJM at al Mostakela: اوباما يفقد السيطرة على اليمن تخاطر الولايات المتحدة بتمكين القاعدة في اليمن وتنفير الشعب اليمني عن طريق إحباط تغيير النظام هناك كتبت – جين نوفاك يعتبر اليمن بلد معقد، فقد ظل يرزح تحت وطأة اضطرابات كبيرة، كما أن فهم اليمن يخبرنا الشيء الكثير عن الشرق ال ...
  • Yemen’s CT chief accused of war crimes
    After Yemen’s Republican Guard killed and dismembered tribal prisoners Thursday, Arhab tribesmen issued a statement Friday demanding the immediate arrest and prosecution of General Ahmed Saleh as a war criminal. Ahmed Saleh heads the Republican Guard containing US funded counter-terror units and ...
  • Yemen protesters announce boycott of US, Saudi ...
    Protesters in Yemen announced a boycott today of US and Saudi products, a largely symbolic move in light of Yemen’s grave humanitarian crisis. Protesters allege that the Obama administration has thwarted their efforts for regime change. Millions across Yemen have demanded the end to the 33 year ...

Dark Politricks

  • Why North Koreans Aren’t Allowed to Launch Rockets
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comDissident Voice Article By Kim Petersen Young Sam enters the living room where his father sits in a reclining armchair with newspaper. The plasma TV is on and the news is discussing the failed launch of the North Korean ...
  • Saudi Arabia: Dancing to Israel’s Tunes
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comBy Kourosh ZiabariSaturday, April 14th, 2012 By Kourosh Ziabari The fact that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has joined the vicious triangle of the United States, Israel and Britain to destabilize the Islamic Republic of Ir ...
  • Against the Wall: Unclaimed bodies ‘mass ...
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comRussia Todayyoutube.com Every year thousands from Mexico and Latin America try to make it to the US – but for many this journey becomes their last one. To stop the flow of illegal immigration, American authorities ...
  • Former PM Campbell on Maher: GOP ‘absolutely o ...
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comOn “Real Time With Bill Maher” Friday night, Maher and his panel tackled both the GOP’s War on Women and its first friendly-fire casualty, former RIAA president-cum-Democratic-strategist Hilary Rosen. M ...
  • Bans & Freedoms: Rallies rage on both sides of ...
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comRussia Todayyoutube.com The third day of ceasefire in Syria‘s being put to the test, with reports of shelling and killings. The UN Security Council is expected to vote on Saturday over deploying an observer mission ...

Dandelion Salad

  • Of Prophets, Power, and the Purpose of Intelle ...
    by Andrew Gavin Marshall Featured Writer Dandelion Salad http://andrewgavinmarshall.com April 13, 2012 Part 1: The “Crisis of Democracy” and the Attack on Education Part 2: The Purpose of Education: Social Uplift or Social Control? Intellectual history is written by intellectuals and educational ...
  • Massive US Surveillance On Iran Draws Yet Anot ...
    by Finian Cunningham Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Ethiopia April 9, 2012 Washington’s Real Agenda is Not Global Security, It’s Regime Change A “surge” in US secret surveillance of Iran’s nuclear programme over the past three years, involving “hundreds” of spy drone flights, has not produced t ...
  • Yves Béhar, Sodastream is not ethical, so it c ...
    Sent by Stephanie Westbrook Guest Writer Dandelion Salad Italy 9 April 2012 Designer Yves Béhar has teamed up with Sodastream, an Israeli company operating in violation of international law, and will be presenting a new design for the company next week in Milan, Italy. Human rights groups from C ...
  • SEP Candidate Jerry White: The Decay of Americ ...
    Dandelion Salad RussiaToday on Apr 8, 2012 RT’s Marina Portnaya talks to socialist equality presidential candidate, Jerry White. ‘US has best govt money can buy’ see Michael Parenti: Occupy Empire! Strategies of Deception by William T. Hathaway Inequality, capitalism and social ...
  • The Man in the Mirror by Jill Dalton
    by Jill Dalton Guest Writer Dandelion Salad recoveringarmybrat April 2, 2012 When I learned of the Kandahar massacre of 17 civilians including 3 women and 9 children and the subsequent burning of their bodies by the alleged lone assailant, Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, my first thought was obviously ...

Your New Reality

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    Hypnotic, grin-making. A house filled with interactive reproductions of classic art, coming soon: Starry Night (interactive animation) from Petros Vrellis on Vimeo.
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    Normal blogging output will return soon. Making some movies. In the meantime, enjoy :
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    Best. Christmas. Ever A Short Story By Darryl Mason "Is your father okay?" He waited for her to answer. He couldn't tell her what happened while she was away... "He's not getting better, if that's what you mean." How could he tell her, right now? She had more than enough on her mind alread ...
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    Britain Embraces Apocalyptic Doom It's grim, and getting grimmer, but as this UK Guardian story by Andy Beckett reveals Brits can't get enough of the end of the world : A sense of doom dominates recent films such as Melancholia, in which a vast unknown planet suddenly appears from behind the su ...
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    A journey to see the black hole claimed to be at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy : I love these cosmological photo-montage animations. They're even better than the ones I saw in my head as a kid, when we could only look at drawings of star-fields in science books and have to imagine such a ...

Wired - Science

Israeli Occupation Archive

  • Israeli activists will arrive tomorrow at Tel ...
    As citizens of Israel, we feel great respect and appreciation for our international activists who come to visit the West Bank and express solidarity with the Palestinian residents, living under... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, ...
  • Ramzy Baroud: Who owns the Palestine solidarit ...
    Not a political organisation per se, the BDS is rather a manifestation of numerous collectives in uncountable cities and towns around the world. The decentralisation of the BDS is one of its greatest... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian ...
  • Mads Gilbert: What did I see in Gaza and what ...
    Eyes in Gaza: What did I see in Gaza and what you can do? A presentation by Dr. Mads Gilbert, one of two foreign doctors allowed into Gaza during Operation Cast Lead. The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in its fifth decade. Go t ...
  • Dr. Mads Gilbert: What did I see in Gaza and w ...
    Eyes in Gaza: What did I see in Gaza and what you can do? A presentation by Dr. Mads Gilbert, one of two foreign doctors allowed into Gaza during Operation Cast Lead. The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in its fifth decade. Go t ...
  • Günter Grass: ‘What must be said’
    The poem, originally published in the Süddeutsche Zeitung, has created a heated debate in both Germany and Israel. The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in its fifth decade. Go to the IOA website for much more...

Ria Novosti - Military

NewsWise

  • Decision Guide Reduced Uncertainty Over Breast ...
    When women at high risk of breast cancer viewed a customized web-based decision guide about prevention options, they were more likely to make a choice about prevention and to feel comfortable with their choice, a new study finds.
  • BU's Boston Playwrights' Theatre, School of Th ...
    Boston Playwrights' Theatre and the School of Theatre at Boston University are proud to announce a new Master of Fine Arts Degree in Playwriting. This collaboration--the only one of its kind in universities and colleges across the nation--combines resources from both these award-winning programs ...
  • Advance Care Planning Is Subject of Annual Eth ...
    Nationally Renowned Patient Advocate Myra Christopher will deliver the 19th annual Shallenberger Lecture In Ethics, titled "Addressing the Gaps Between Knowledge and Practice In Advance Care Planning," at the at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
  • Most Americans, Including Romney Supporters, F ...
    President Barack Obama lately has been arguing for increased taxes on the rich through his proposed "Buffet Rule," which would ensure that millionaires and billionaires pay a minimum effective tax rate of 30 percent on their income. Most Amerians, including supporters of presidential hopeful Mit ...
  • Possible Connection between Air Pollution and ...
    UMDNJ researchers have determined a possible link between exposure to a component of urban air pollution and a change in the function of immune cells that protect against the bacteria that cause tuberculosis.

Natural Health News

  • U.S. Tightens Rules on Antibiotics Use for Liv ...
    In a move that illustrates how the FDA gives scoundrel drug companies years to NOT legally comply with a regulation before they’re forced to by law, a judge has ordered the Obama administration to “warn” drug makers that certain antibiotics may soon be banned from agricultural uses. The ruling e ...
  • Did Overzealous Screening Cause this Woman’s B ...
    Recently the Harvard School of Public Health shook the cancer industry when it published research showing that mammograms may not only be inappropriate for breast cancer screening, but also may actually contribute to overdiagnosis of disease that otherwise would have remained harmless. When the ...
  • Massive Corruption Revealed to be at the Core ...
    Every day millions of people take medications, both prescription and over-the-counter, trusting that they not only work, but are safe because they’ve been reviewed by government agencies like the FDA. But now, yet another study has come out showing massive corruption behind drug approvals for dr ...
  • Head Chemist at NCI Convinced Fluoride Causes ...
    Long-lost research linking fluoride to cancer has resurfaced with a film featuring a scientist who once served as chief chemist for the National Cancer Institute. In the film Dr. Dean Burk calls the fluoridation of water equal to murder, referring to an actual study that had been done on the 10 ...
  • Vaccine Caused Polio Becoming Very Serious Problem
    At the same time that world health officials are declaring a victory on polio in India, they are calling a global meeting in Switzerland on the problem of vaccine-caused polio. The problem is that while the oral vaccine has reined in wild polio, the wild virus is simply being replaced by acute f ...

Climategate

  • Dean of science…suggesting rising seas t…
    Dean of science…suggesting rising seas this next century of up to 100 metres, or Al Gore six metres. When I see things like that I know these are false. You mentioned the IPCC report; that suggests, at worst on best scenarios, 59 centimetres. http://www.google.com
  • ABC science presenter Robyn Williams seeks mor ...
    ABC science presenter Robyn Williams who in 2007 believed seas could rise 100 meters, seeks more truth from scientists after Climategate.
  • How to avoid your own Climategate scandal
    What are the lessons of Climategate? More honesty and transparency in science? Not according to attorney Alan Nelson in the Guardian UK today.  To him, the lesson is how not to get caught next time. So how do universities and academics ensure that their correspondence does not become the “ ...
  • What is the “likelihood” that the 2007 IPCC Re ...
    A very interesting analysis of the IPPC Assessment and has some important questions that invite others to help him answer. Please read his article and let him know what conclusions you draw.
  • Schools call for a “balanced teaching of globa ...
    USA Today reports that US schools are finally calling for both sides of global warming to be taught, because it is after all, a theory -- not a fact:

Opinio Juris

  • Weekend Roundup: April 7-13, 2012
    by An Hertogen by An Hertogen This week on Opinio Juris, Chris Borgen drew our attention to a NY Times op-ed explaining the surprising reason why in the grand bargain dividing the top posts at the World Bank and the IMF between the US and Europe, the US ended up with the World Bank rather than ...
  • Moreno-Ocampo Once Again Undermines the OTP’s ...
    by Kevin Jon Heller Moreno-Ocampo's inability to avoid allegations of bias has long haunted his tenure as Prosecutor.  It's impossible to forget, for example, photos of him standing next to the Ugandan President, Youweri Museveni, as he announced that he was investigating the situation in ...
  • VJIL Symposium: Hannah Buxbaum Comments on “Li ...
    by Hannah Buxbaum by Hannah Buxbaum [Hannah L. Buxbaum is Interim Dean and John E. Schiller Chair in Legal Ethics, Indiana University Maurer School of Law.] This post is part of the Virginia Journal of International Law Symposium, Volume 52, Issues 1 and 2. Other posts in this series can be fo ...
  • VJIL Symposium: Introducing Marco Ventoruzzo’s ...
    by Marco Ventoruzzo by Marco Ventoruzzo [Marco Ventoruzzo is a Professor of Law at Pennsylvania State Dickinson School of Law.] This post is part of the Virginia Journal of International Law Symposium, Volume 52, Issues 1 and 2. Other posts in this series can be found in the related posts belo ...
  • VJIL Symposium: Introducing Marco Ventoruzzo&# ...
    by Marco Ventoruzzo by Marco Ventoruzzo [Marco Ventoruzzo is a Professor of Law at Pennsylvania State Dickinson School of Law.] This post is part of the Virginia Journal of International Law Symposium, Volume 52, Issues 1 and 2. Other posts in this series can be found in the related posts belo ...

Public News Service

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  • Cuatro estados lanzan esfuerzo latino para sal ...
    Cuatro estados lanzan esfuerzo latino para salvar el Río Colorado PHOENIX - Un Nuevo grupo de 13 mil latinos de cuatro estados del Suroeste está cada vez más preocupado por el desequilibrio creciente que hay entre la demanda y el abasto de agua del Río Colorado. La organizaci ...
  • Four-state Launch for Latino Effort to Save Co ...
    Four-state Launch for Latino Effort to Save Colorado River PHOENIX – A new advocacy group is raising concerns about the growing imbalance of water use and supply from the Colorado River. Made up of of 13,000 Latinos in Southwestern states, Nuestro Rio (Spanish for "our river") supports act ...
  • House GOP Budget: Tax Cuts for Rich, Big Chang ...
    House GOP Budget: Tax Cuts for Rich, Big Changes for Medicare? PHOENIX - The federal budget plan passed by the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives gives huge tax cuts to millionaires - and pays for them by privatizing Medicare and raising the eligibility age by two years, accordi ...
  • IRS to Arizona's Adoptive Parents: Don't Leave ...
    IRS to Arizona's Adoptive Parents: Don't Leave Money Unclaimed PHOENIX - As Arizonans rush to finish their tax returns, some important benefits may be left behind. The Internal Revenue Service is reminding adoptive parents to claim the federal tax credit for adoption-related expenses. The Affor ...

Center for Food Safety

  • FDA Announces Antibiotic Reduction Plan
    3 YEAR PHASE-OUT A WIN FOR CONSUMERS, FOOD SAFETY ADVOCATES, AND MEDICAL COMMUNITY; CONTINUED OVERSIGHT NEEDED The Center for Food Safety (CFS) applauds the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today for issuing industry guidance limiting the use of antibiotics in food-producing animals.  Ant ...
  • USDA To Decide Imminently On Novel “Agen ...
    The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is currently deciding whether or not to approve an application by Dow Chemical for its controversial genetically engineered (GE) corn crop that is resistant to the highly toxic herbicide 2,4-D, one of the main ingredients in Agent Orange. On February 22n ...
  • New Scientific Research Strengthens Link Betwe ...
    Center for Food Safety Calls on Congress, EPA to Take Action Three new studies released in the past two weeks, including one today by Harvard University, add to the growing body of evidence that implicate pesticides, specifically neonicotinoids—a class of pesticides used as a seed treatment in c ...
  • BPA is FDA’s Latest Gift to Food Industry
    By Michele Simon In a long-awaited decision, last week the Food and Drug Administration disappointed health advocates once again by allowing Bisphenol A or BPA, a known endocrine disruptor, to remain approved as a chemical additive in food containers such as plastic bottles and metal cans.While ...
  • Canadian Hog Industry Abandons Genetically Eng ...
    Center for Food Safety Calls on the U.S. FDA to Stop Review of GE “EnviroPig” The Center for Food Safety (CFS) welcomed reports that the University of Guelph, the Canadian university that developed the genetically engineered (GE) “Enviropig,” is closing down its research. CFS is now calling on t ...

Angry Indian Op-Eds

  • .:Middle East Online::The State of Journalism ...
    .:Middle East Online::The State of Journalism and Media in the New Libya:.: Journalism and media witnessed huge expansion in Libya since the first spark in the February 17 revolution. There are now around 200 printed newspapers in Tripoli and Benghazi alone, and around 18 satellite channels thro ...
  • GUEST POST by @jazminchavez and @juliagrob: “L ...
    GUEST POST by @jazminchavez and @juliagrob: “Latinos: Turn Off Your TV, Co�o!”: GUEST POST BY Jazmin Chavez & Julia Ahumada Grob of "East WillyB" By the time of this publication, we should all be familiar with the recent controversy regarding ABC sitcom, “Work It,” in which Puerto Rican act ...
  • A Brief look at the Censorship of Human Rights ...
    China must abandon censorship | APNS Article 35 of China's constitution as adopted in 1982 clearly states that: "Citizens of the People's Republic of China enjoy freedom of speech, of the press, of assembly, of association, of procession and of demonstration." For 28 years this article has stood ...
  • The Republican Candidates' Race Card Strategy
    The Republican Candidates' Race Card Strategy [Black Star News Editorial] Republican presidential candidates Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and front-runner Mitt Romney have all played the race-card to varying degrees in this election cycle, while Ron Paul's campaign is weighed down by the race b ...
  • The Billanthrope: Why I Wrote Koontown
    The Billanthrope: Why I Wrote Koontown: Black people are inherently inferior. This is not something you would often hear anybody say outright—if at all. That would be racist, and we live in a time when even devout racists get offended if you actually call them “racist.” The closest we tend to ge ...

Pensieve

  • Defend our Right to Create and Share!
    I think the rights of copyright holders to protect their interests should not infringe on our rights to be considered innocent until proven guilty. By demanding the unilateral right to take down any website without due process, the media lobbyists are infringing the rights of all internet users. ...
  • Meet the Rollerman
    Jean-Yves Blondeau, a daredevil inventor, has created a suit that allows the wearer to skate downhill while lying flat on the pavement. His suit has been featured in Jim Carrey and Zooey Deschanel’s comedy, “Yes Man“. This looks immensely fun, and quite a bit less dangerous the ...
  • RSA: The Empathic Civilization
    With ever clever illustrations and motor-mouth skills that an auction salesman would admire, the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce creates impressive and inspiring videos, very worthy of our time. Related posts: Dumbledore what???? Time Magazine ran an articl ...
  • Hitchiking the Platforms
    Should I move Pensieve to Google’s Blogger platform again? Google has recently refreshed it’s blogging platform, and added Google+ integration. Pensieve began on Google’s blogger platform. My earlier blogs were hand coded, which made a hassle out of blogging, but also made each ...
  • Siri, AI and TV Collide
    Imagine talking to your TV, and having it answer you. Such a scenario is what the editors at the MacRumors website are suggesting Apple will soon unleash to the world. In this article, they say the Siri, the iPhone 4S virtual assistant, will be coming to television soon. Once Apple enters the Sm ...

Green Times

  • Be organic, it's great for you and environment
    Nice colorful food in Spitalfield market, London. Did you know that seasonal food has much more nutrition than the non-seasonal? In addition, it is sustainable because it doesn't have to be stored for a long time. Check out Be organic... and follow the season (food-drink/be-organic-follow-the-se ...
  • Walk for yourself
    When you drive a car, you always have to be careful of traffic signs and jaywalking pedestrians, trapped in your stuffy car. But when you walk, you don't have to! Moreover, you can improve the health and environment together. If you need more information, check out Back to Basics (lifestyle/b ...
  • Drowned flowers in flood
    There was a huge flood in western Sydney, Illawarra. Up to 20 people have been rescued from danger.This reminds the effect of global warming (climate-change/global-warming.html). If trees die due to the rising degree of the earth, their ability to store water gets worse and it can cause huge rai ...
  • Sydney film festival
    Do you know that Sydney Film Festival (http://sff.org.au/public/about/) is held at June? You can see the several great films from all over the world. There is also a green screen section which you can find out the movie related to environmental issues like global warming (climate-change/global-w ...
  • Picnic with your children
    How about going on a picnic with your kids this weekend? It would be so special for the family to get together. Moreover, it would be good for you to go out riding on a bicycle. What a happy and healthy family! Check out Free Your Rusty Bike (lifestyle/free-your-rusty-bike.html) for more informa ...

The Briefing Room | Investigate

Israel-The Only Democracy in the Middle East?

  • When My Partner Went to Jail
    Me and Mousa in court. Jonathan Pollak going to jail Originally posted on Rajeefsworld.posterous.com A lot has been written recently about my good friend Jonathan Pollak’s recent incarceration in Israel for his participation in demonstrations. Understandably, there was international out ...
  • Omissions, Half-Truths, Lies: Ambassador Oren ...
    Originally posted on the 972Mag Website In a piece recently published, Israel’s Ambassador to Washington Michael Oren rejected claims regarding anti-democratic trends in his country, and compared the legal status of Palestinians in the West Bank to that of American citizens in Washington DC ...
  • Video: Israeli Army Invades and Closes Univers ...
    Sent to us by a reader. Click here for the Facebook page of Al Quds educational TV (mostly in Arabic.) Dr. Jamal Nusseibeh Vice President for Jerusalem Affairs Al-Quds University April 2, 2012 For the second time in two months, the Israeli authorities have invaded, searched and prevented the fun ...
  • Video: Israeli Soldiers Violently Evict Hebron ...
    From the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee Tuesday, 3 April 2012 “Youth Against Settlements’” Badia Dweik: “While we were violently evicted, the army treats settlers with kid gloves.” While Israeli PM and his ministers scramble to prevent the eviction of a Palestinian-owned house in ...
  • New young Israeli Refusers
    For decades hundreds of Israeli youth have declared at different times and for different reasons that they will refuse to serve in the Israeli military as they see its actions as immoral. Many times, these conscientious objectors (COs) are imprisoned for refusing to serve in the army, as the mil ...

Politics in the Zeros

  • G-Male and Siri: A Love Story
    Silicon Valley love. The little dig at Yahoo is funny as is the rest, even if it is probably for geeks only.
  • Bankruptcy ends world’s largest solar power de ...
    Blythe Solar Power groundbreaking. Credit: whitehouse.govThe 1 GW Blythe Solar Power Project in California was supposed to be the biggest solar power plant ever. But builder Solar Trust filed bankruptcy recently parent corporation did the same in Germany. Solar Trust is also the recipient of a $ ...
  • Why you might not want to move to North Dakota ...
    Despite offering a wealth of job opportunities and a better-than-living wage, there are very few places to live. Most workers strive to get into one of the many "Man Camps." (Photo: Robert Johnson, Business Insider)Yes, there are a lot of jobs there, the majority of them requiring no mor ...
  • Bassnectar – Ping Pong
  • On Congressman West and Democratic lawmaker co ...
    Congressman West’s comments about 80 Democratic lawmakers being in the Communist Party of the US are comical. On the far left, the CP-US has long been considered an anemic joke. It has a tiny membership and for decades has told members to vote Democratic to stop Republicans from winning. I ...

Coteret

  • Yediot’s Plocker: Thank you Mossad for r ...
    On Sunday (January 9 2011), Yediot’s Itamar Eichner reported [emphasis mine; full translation here]: Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is furious with outgoing Mossad Director Meir Dagan because of the briefing Dagan gave journalists last Thursday. In the course of that briefing, Dagan sha ...
  • “Rejectionist front”: Maariv detai ...
    As Israel’s diplomatic position erodes and the Palestinian Authority’s campaign for the unilateral recognition of a state in the 1967 borders gains ground, the demand for “direct negotiations” has become a central talking point of  Israeli government spokespeople. Here&#8 ...
  • New Yorker editor David Remnick to Yediot: &#8 ...
    On December 24 2010, Yediot’s Friday Political Supplement ran an interview with New Yorker editor David Remnick by Adi Gold. Most of the interview was dedicated to his new biography of Barack Obama. Gold did ask a political question on Israel and Reminck’s response was very blunt. No ...
  • Breaking the Silence’s landmark new book ...
    Breaking the Silence has just published a landmark collection of soldier testimonies from the Occupied Territories spanning the period 2000-2010. The 432 page book can now be browsed, downloaded and embedded here. If you read nothing else, take the time to look over the first to pages of the int ...
  • Following local pressure, Adidas reconsiders s ...
    This Maariv article [full translation below] from Friday is particularly badly written and repetitive, so I’ll summarize. Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat decides to hold the first Jerusalem International Marathon in March 2011. He gets Adidas to sponsor the event. An Israeli runner registers an ...

Deadline Live

  • Meet Lee Whitnum—AIPAC’s Worst Nightmare
    AIPAC (The American Israel Public Affairs Committee) spends at least $60 million per year influencing US policy for Israel. While this is illegal foreign political funding, they get around it by using duel citizen status, and through pay offs and coercion.  Please do your research on this group ...
  • Tax (Extortion) Day Special: Shovel Ready in S ...
    Remember its was once your money! It will be… going forward… Your children’s debt!       Workers translocate a manzanita bush in San Francisco, at a cost of at least $205,075, to make way for a highway project. (Photo: Michael Chasse/National Park Service.) (CNSNews.com) & ...
  • Why are the Feds Forcing Media to Use Governme ...
    They are no longer reporters… They are merely REPEATERS now…   Examiner Unrest is simmering in some quarters of the Washington news universe regarding changes in the way the Department of Labor (DOL) manages its pre-release media “lockups” on sensitive data like weekly jobless b ...
  • This Day In History – April 14
    1699 – Khalsa: The Sikh Religion was formalised as the Khalsa – the brotherhood of Warrior-Saints – by Guru Gobind Singh in Northern India, in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar. 1775 – The first abolition society in North America is established. The Society for the Relief of Fr ...
  • US cancels food aid to North Korea after missi ...
    Updated at 10:50 a.m. ET: The United States has canceled a proposed food aid deal with North Korea following over its attempt to launch a long-range rocket taking a satellite into orbit. Senior administration officials told NBC News the deal with Pyongyang is off after the rocket was fired. It f ...

The Air Vent

  • History of Sea Ice
    This article is offered by Jonathan Drake.  It discusses the unusual changes in trend noted in sea ice at various points of the historic record paying particular attention to the satellite data.   I think it is worth posting, but I have varied opinions and questions regarding the different sea i ...
  • Antarctic Sea Ice Area by Latitude
    The following plots depict annual sea ice area for the Antarctic.  This is important in that we are attempting to isolate the response of annually melting sea ice to temperature.   Despite the attack on this method by the warmanistas, it does have value in that it is a reasonable proxy for how s ...
  • Bookends and Separations
    Guest Post by Thomas Fuller Once again Jeff has handed over both gavel and podium for a guest post from a Lukewarmer–guess he’s trying to keep you all on your toes… I want to talk about the brief period that will be known going forward as the Global Warming scare, and the inevi ...
  • Dogs, Puppies and True Skepticism
    I reluctantly bring up this topic. I’m tired of moderating the blog, even though it has no new posts for a record number of days. Several other popular climate bloggers and even some climate scientists have made the point that those who don’t understand the second law of thermodynami ...
  • Sea Ice Code
    A little cleanup of code for gridded sea ice. Download a free software called FileZilla and copy sea ice files to a known folder. The following code is a mathematically clean download and summation of gridded microwave satellited data.  For the north the pole-hole (area not observed by the satel ...

Focal Point

  • Spencer Soper Wins Sidney Award for Exposing B ...
    Business reporter Spencer Soper of The Morning Call has won the October Sidney Award from the Sidney Hillman foundation for his expose of Dickensian conditions in Amazon.com's warehouse in Pennsylvania. Temperatures inside the "fulfillment center" soared to over 100 degrees over the summ ...
  • Spencer Soper Wins Sidney Award for Exposing B ...
    Business reporter Spencer Soper of The Morning Call has won the October Sidney Award from the Sidney Hillman foundation for his expose of Dickensian conditions in Amazon.com's warehouse in Pennsylvania. Temperatures inside the "fulfillment center" soared to over 100 degrees over the summer ...
  • Spencer Soper Wins Sidney Award for Exposing B ...
    Business reporter Spencer Soper of The Morning Call has won the October Sidney Award from the Sidney Hillman foundation for his expose of Dickensian conditions in Amazon.com's warehouse in Pennsylvania. Temperatures inside the "fulfillment center" soared to over 100 degrees over the summer ...
  • Bachmann's Anti-Vaccine Rhetoric is Bad Scienc ...
    Hey, Michele Bachmann, you know who was really, really pro-vaccination? The Founding Fathers. Read all about it in my new article at The Nation. George Washington argued for mandatory inoculation of citizens against smallpox and mandated the inoculation of the Continental Army, under the ...
  • Bachmann's Anti-Vaccine Rhetoric is Bad Scienc ...
    Hey, Michele Bachmann, you know who was really, really pro-vaccination? The Founding Fathers. Read all about it in my new article at The Nation. George Washington argued for mandatory inoculation of citizens against smallpox and mandated the inoculation of the Continental Army, under the . ...

Inside Facebook

  • New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: ...
    The Inside Network Job Board is dedicated to providing you with the best job opportunities across social and mobile application platforms. Here are this week’s highlights from the Inside Network Job Board, including positions at: Offerpop, W3i,  Spruce Media, Rebel Entertainment, SponsorPay,  Po ...
  • Facebook roundup: Sandberg, Colleran, Seattle ...
    Sandberg highlights importance of family – In an interview with Time, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg notes that she leaves the office at 5:30 p.m. daily so she can dine with her children at 6. Essentially, she highlights the importance of … Continue reading →
  • Facebook acquires mobile loyalty startup Tagtile
    Facebook has acquired the team and most of the assets of Tagtile, a mobile-based customer loyalty management startup, according to a post on Tagtile’s website. Facebook started and ended this week with mobile-focused acquisitions, having bought photo-sharing app Instagram for … Conti ...
  • Facebook tests new way to let users know which ...
    Facebook appears to be testing a new feature to make users aware of their social reader privacy settings before they click on links that could end up being shared on their profiles. Articles from social readers like the Huffington Post, … Continue reading →
  • Santorum loses fans; competition heats up betw ...
    With Rick Santorum dropping out of the Republican presidential primary race on Tuesday, his Facebook page has begun to lose Likes, according to our Inside Facebook Election Tracker. Mitt Romney’s page experienced a large surge following Santorum’s announcement, as Romney … Continue reading ...

Truthout - Tweets

ReDress News

  • Good for Guenter Grass! Everyone and his dog n ...
    Stuart Littlewood views the "squawks and screeches" emanating from Israel in protest at German poet Guenter Grass's poem on the threat Israel poses to the world, and reminds us of a couple of pertinent facts: that Israel is the only nuclear state in the Middle East and that it refuses to forgo t ...
  • Pastor John Hagee and his deadly million
    Lawrence Davidson argues that US Pastor John Hagee and his followers, who believe in the divine creation of the state of Israel, are as delusional as people who once believed in the reality of Zeus and his Olympian clan but could one day act as cheerleaders for the ethnic cleansing and mass murd ...
  • The devastating impact of Passover on Jewish p ...
    Uri Avnery considers the fictional story of the Passover and its devastating impact on Jewish culture: extreme paranoia and a craving for revenge against non-Jews - for Israelis, pouring out their wrath on their neighbours, the Palestinians and other Arabs, on their minorities and on their victims.
  • German poet Guenter Grass says what cowardly p ...
    Gilad Atzmon considers German poet Guenter Grass's courageous stance on Israel, which he criticized in a poem for undermining an already fragile world peace, and views the ridiculous response of Israel's embassy and its stooges in Germany.
  • Britain's mad-house foreign policy
    Stuart Littlewood highlights Britain's double standards and contradictory policies in the Middle East: on the one hand irrational belligerence and warmongering towards Iran even though this is contrary to British national interests, and on the other cosying up to and taking its cue from Israel, ...

Amazon Rainforest

  • Peru police clashes with illegal gold miners: ...
    Thousands of illegal gold miners battled police for control of a regional capital in the Amazon basin on Wednesday and at least three people were killed by gunfire.  Outnumbered riot police fired tear gas against miners who wielded clubs and rocks and tried to seize strategic facilities in Puert ...
  • Brazil to Dilma: Fulfill campaign promise!
      The Forest Code is dwindling, and with it the Brazilian forests. Soon to be voted in the House, the text that distorts the country’s main environmental law was the target of a demonstration today in Brasilia, which brought together social movements and environmental groups, asking the Pr ...
  • European energy corporation plans to flood Rai ...
    Spanish energy cooperation Endesa (subsidiary enterprise of the Italian Enel cooperation) is builiding a giant hydro-electric power plant next to the River Magdalena, Colombia- The construction work has started today- the protest camps of the local farmers and fishermen have been evacuated by fo ...
  • Plastic eating Fungi discovered in Amazon Rain ...
    The group of students, part of Yale’s annual Rainforest Expedition and Laboratory with molecular biochemistry professor Scott Strobel, ventured to the jungles of Ecuador. The mission was to allow “students to experience the scientific inquiry process in a comprehensive and creative way.&#8 ...
  • Justice for 8year girl burned alive by loggers ...
    Loggers in Brazil captured an eight-year-old girl from one of the Amazon’s last uncontacted tribes and burned her alive as part of a ‘campaign’ to force the indigenous population from its land! Sign Petition and share: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/813/288/541/ The ...

Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs

  • BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- April 5, ...
    BFP Nightly Quote “[Propaganda] must be aimed at the emotions and only to a very limited degree at the so-called intellect… The art of propaganda lies in understanding the emotional ideas of the great masses and finding, through a psychologically correct form, the way to the attentio ...
  • Money & Power: Which Comes First, the Chicken ...
    Part II of our book review of Frederick Sheehan’s Panderer to Power   Frederick Sheehan’s excellent 2010 book Panderer to Power: The Untold Story of How Alan Greenspan Enriched Wall Street and Left a Legacy of Recession provides us a window into the sources of the worst financial and econom ...
  • BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- April 4, ...
    BFP Nightly Quote “By 1990, publishers of mass circulation daily newspapers will finally stop kidding themselves that they are in the newspaper business and admit that they are primarily in the business of carrying advertising messages.” – A. Roy Megary International Newsworthy ...
  • BFP Exclusive: The Anonymous Weasel behind the ...
    Anonymous Paul Campaign Insider Exposes the Anonymous Rumor Source For the past few weeks an intense buzz has been filling internet sites and news forums on a supposed Ron Paul-Mitt Romney deal behind closed doors. Yesterday morning the Business Insider went as far as declaring the rumor as ‘Rea ...
  • Empire, Power, and People with Andrew Gavin Ma ...
    Canada’s Rockefellers: The Name is Power People know the name Rockefeller: from the oil barons, to the bankers and industrialists, politicians and think tanks, foundations, universities and in the whole realm of globalization, the name Rockefeller is synonymous with power and oligarchy. Th ...

Afro Spear

Expose the BNP

  • Expose the BNP: activists’ meeting
    Over the summer we have seen the extreme right enter parliament in Sweden and racist deportations of Roma people from France. Here at home the EDL have continued to target cities with Muslim communities, while the police are bringing trumped-up charges against anti-fascists. November 6 sees a na ...
  • Rotherham fascist leads secret double life
    A BNP activist is living a secret double life, desperate to prevent his employers from finding out about his extremist views – despite having stood as a candidate in last month’s election. Tom Holmes (25) received 715 votes in the recent elections for Rotherham Council but has managed to keep hi ...
  • Nick Griffin humiliated in Barking defeat
    The British National Party have suffered a humiliating defeat in the general election when Nick Griffin failed to gain a Westminster seat for the East London ward of Barking. Labour MP Margaret Hodge secured the seat with a 16,000 majority, with Griffin trailing third after the Conservative cand ...
  • Ten questions that expose Nick Griffin
    On the day that the BNP launches its election manifesto, Expose the BNP has researched 10 questions for journalists to put to the BNP leader, the answers to which reveal him to be a deeply racist, anti-Semitic Holocaust denier who boasts about his criminal past. 1. In which year did you stop den ...
  • Workshy Griffin left his parents penniless
    On yesterday’s Today programme, BNP leader Nick Griffin told the Radio Four audience that “Liberal economics … have utterly bankrupted this country.” The truth is that Nick Griffin was himself declared bankrupt in 1991. Over several years thereafter he destroyed his parents’ finances as we ...

Ode Magazine

  • Sonic boon
    A search for the healing power of sound I’m lying in A bed that’s as hard as nails with a series of strings along the sides and two gongs above my head. It’s known as a gong bath, and Gwen de Jong, a practitioner of sound healing at Spirit Connection in Amsterdam ...
  • The secret’s in the sauce
    What my father’s recipe for pasta marinara says about the future of capitalism As the daughter of a Neapolitan, I grew up eating pasta with marinara sauce. My father didn’t always make it from scratch, but he did so often enough for me to follow his recipe through memories. Fr ...
  • Clean water, clean energy
    In the prosperous West, we generally only get worked up about clean water and electricity when the bill arrives in the mail, and we discover that once again, we’ve been showering too long and leaving the lights on too often. But in many parts of the world, people can only dream ...
  • Blocking CO2 to beat malaria
    Mosquitoes are so difficult to elude because they pursue us via the CO2 exhaled in our breath. That’s annoying when we’re relaxing outside on a summer evening, but it’s devastating for the 200 to 300 million people who contract malaria annually. More than 1 millio ...
  • A winter’s tale
    Celebrating the return of the bald eagle In the Iowa winter, as the poet Robert Hass wrote, “a farmer’s dreams are narrow,” and autumn can inspire me with a kind of dread as I work in the garden that will soon be buried under snow. But this coming winter, as the ...

OpEd News

  • Battered Children
    Loneliness is a crowded solitude, darkness a cold blanket. Tomorrows are but yesterdays revisited. Life in neutral pastel suns fear losing the moon. The coins in my pocket warn me of their own loneliness,
  • The Republicans and the Caterpillar Problem
    When asked about the problem of women leaving the Republican Party in large numbers, Reinse Priebus, the executive director of the party, said that, given enough press, the Democrats could accuse them of having a "caterpillar problem," thus minimizing the idea that they even have a problem.
  • How Neocons Sank Iran Nuke Deal
    Iran is resuming talks over its nuclear program with leading international powers -- the United States, Britain, Russia, China, France and Germany -- with the prospect of an agreement to swap some enriched uranium for research isotopes. But a similar plan was torpedoed by U.S. neocons in 2010.
  • Hilary Rosen & The Mommy Wars in Campaign 2012
    Rosen's comments (for which she has apologized) reveals weaknesses in liberals' responses to the Right's War on Women.
  • Turkey-Syria: New NATO Intervention Ahead Of C ...
    Turkey-Syria: New NATO Intervention Ahead Of Chicago Summit?

Switchboard

  • A Photo Tour of a Utah Wilderness Threatened B ...
    Bobby McEnaney, Land Policy Analyst, DC As reported a few weeks ago in a previous post, NRDC has been fighting a proposal by the Interior Department that would greatly expand oil and gas drilling within Utah’s Desolation Canyon wilderness ar ...
  • Waste Proposal for Los Angeles Keeps on Rolling
    Adrian Martinez, Staff Attorney, Environmental Justice, Santa Monica, California Earlier this week, the Ad Hoc Committee on Waste Reduction & Recycling for the Los Angeles City Council met to examine how to shift the way Los Angeles picks up its ...
  • Latin America Climate, Energy and Environment ...
    Amanda Maxwell, Latin America Advocate, Washington, DC Chile Chile is increasingly tapping into solar energy. Solar energy is now powering schools, clinics, farms, tunnels, residential lighting systems and even neighborhoods in the Atacama region. ...
  • At the Summit of the Americas leaders must sta ...
    Carolina Herrera, Latin America Advocate, Washington DC Thirty-two of the Western Hemisphere's leaders are gathered in the seaside city of Cartagena, Colombia for the Sixth Summit of the Americas during which they’ll participate in two days of ...
  • Mexico moving closer to a national climate law ...
    Jake Schmidt, International Climate Policy Director, Washington, DC In the lead-in to the Cancun Global Warming Negotiations, the Mexican government was debating a national climate law – the General Law on Climate Change.  Unfortunately t ...

Lawyers,Guns,& Money

  • The War on Parody, Punditry Edition
    This article about how Obama is such a “bully” that he’s willing to criticize political opponents is pretty much all comedy gold, but I especially treasure the bit about how “Obama’s campaign moved to distance the president” from comments made by a Democrat who is n ...
  • The 70s in an Image
    Wow. H/t Amanda Marcotte
  • The War on Parody
    Tennessee has decided to extend it beyond the blogosphere.
  • The Sublime, the Ridiculous, and the Indefensible
    The best postseason in sports has, in fact, been tremendous so far. And in addition to the many exceptionally good games — and the Flyers/Penguins series could be one of the best first-round matchups ever — we have the high comedy of Ryan Kesler’s auditions for the Azzurri: Abo ...
  • Not Just Bad Policy, Unconstitutional Policy
    As I mentioned below, yesterday Arizona governor Jan Brewer signed a draconian abortion law that, among other things, effectively bans abortions after 18 weeks after conception. This law, like other attempts by state legislatures to ban pre-viability abortions, represents a substantial dilution ...

Desert Research Institute

  • Governor praises DRI’s METRIC program
    Speaking at an important state-wide water summit in March, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval lauded DRI’s METRIC program calling its Landsat satellite technology an important tool in monitoring water usage.
  • Governor praises DRI’s METRIC program
    Speaking at an important state-wide water summit in March, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval lauded DRI’s METRIC program calling its Landsat satellite technology an important tool in monitoring water usage.
  • DRI's Net Zero Building Honored by USGBC and ...
    The Desert Research Institute’s Net Zero Building was honored by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) and Senator Harry Reid at the USGBC Northern Nevada Chapter luncheon for its goals and plans to create an independently sustainable structure.
  • DRI's Net Zero Building Honored by USGBC and ...
    The Desert Research Institute’s Net Zero Building was honored by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) and Senator Harry Reid at the USGBC Northern Nevada Chapter luncheon for its goals and plans to create an independently sustainable structure.
  • DoE/NNSA Contract Extension
    DRI secured a new Technical Research, Engineering, and Development Services contract with the U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration. The contract extends until October 31, 2016 and has a ceiling value of $35,926,593. DRI supports the nationally important missions of ...

Earth Techling

National Law Journal | U.S.

  • Health Care at the Supreme Court
    On the final day of argument before the U.S. Supreme Court over the Affordable Care Act — better known as the Obama administration's health care reform law — the justices considered what would happen if they strike down the individual mandate. The choice, as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsb ...
  • Congress weighs big FCPA reforms
    Top U.S. Department of Justice officials are preparing to issue new guidance about the government's enforcement of foreign bribery laws, as members of Congress and business advocates press for sweeping changes of their own.
  • Introducing the NLJ 350
    This week marks the debut of our expanded NLJ law firm survey. The new NLJ 350 ranks 100 national and regional law firms that have been added to our annual list of the nation's largest firms by headcount.
  • THE GO-TO SCHOOLS: It's tough out there
    Our annual report on the 50 law schools that NLJ 250 law firms relied upon the most to fill their first-year associate classes during 2011. Plus, the law schools that saw the most alumni promoted to partner at NLJ 250 firms in 2011.
  • OPINION: An unfulfilled promise of open government
    In a range of cases involving U.S. records, there appears to be no agency withholding that DOJ lawyers won't defend.

How Shall We Do The Mountain ?

  • Community Workshop in Tioga County on Environm ...
    The Clean Air Council and Penn Environment, state-wide environmental groups, will give an educational workshop in Tioga County for residents of north-central Pennsylvania on Saturday, March 24, 1-4 PM. The training will be held at the W.M. Tokishi Training Center, NYPUM Drive, Wellsboro, PA 1690 ...
  • New State Impact PA App
    Since I now live in south central PA (I moved south from Tioga County; north central PA) and have less access to the center of the gas drilling, I frequently use State Impact PA as a resource as well as tune in to WITF radio on my commutes to work, when I’m not pedaling my [...]
  • OilandGasHelp.com
    I happen to be looking for the location of a specific Northwest Savings Bank in PA and when I pulled up their website I found the below link. http://www.oilandgashelp.com/ It looks like Northwest Savings Bank has put together a section of their website to answer questions or help folks who are c ...
  • The Passage of House Bill 1950…
    I thought I’d highlight a few of the items that I find horrifying that passed with house bill 1950 during yesterdays vote. Municipalities will no longer be safe from drilling and the acceptable distances of drilling pads and compressor stations from homes or public spaces, such as schools, ...
  • Update on PA Roads Effected by Gas Drilling fr ...
    From the DCNR website: In recent years there has been a marked increase in natural gas activity in state forests in north central Pennsylvania . Visitor experiences and road usage can be impacted by this activity. Loyalsock State Forest Bodine Mountain Road: Heavy gas activity is to be expected ...

News Blaze

  • April Declared as National Child Abuse Prevent ...
    Each year the president of the United States, along with governors and other government officials, declares the month of April the National Child Abuse Prevention Month (NCAPM).
  • Festive 'Rongali' Bihu Begins in Assam
    Rongali bihu is one of the biggest festival in Assam which heralds the new year calendar of Assamese society. It is celebrated with fun and abundance.
  • EPA Proposes Rule to Require Electronic Report ...
    The action is an important milestone in the agency's effort to increase transparency and public access to chemical information in order to help Americans protect their health and environment.
  • NYC 'Monster' Teachers Reinstated to the Class ...
    That's a very real concern for parents with children in New York City public schools, where 14 teachers of highly dubious character have been reinstated to the classroom - and two others have been given 'desk duty'
  • US Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty With UK En ...
    The Treaty will help American and British troops get the best technology in the fastest way possible so they can continue to defend US interests and protect US national security around the world, Ms. Clinton noted.

environment 360

  • Lack of Sound U.S. Policies Threatens Clean En ...
    A new report says that a surge in wind and solar power pushed the U.S. past China in renewable energy investment in 2011, but predicts that the U.S. edge could be short-lived in the absence of consistent, long-term policies to promote clean energy. According to the report published by the Pew Ch ...
  • Doctors’ Group Urges Caution On Growing Use o ...
    The American Academy of Environmental Medicine is calling for increased study and expanded public education of the possible health effects of the growing use of cell phones and wireless technology. In a position paper on the issue, the academy said that effects of electromagnetic fields and radi ...
  • Drilling of Arctic Could Pose Major Ecological ...
    A new report by Lloyd’s of London, the world’s largest specialist insurance market, warns that rapid development of Arctic oil resources threatens to cause huge ecological damage without strict oversight and appropriate risk management. The report, Arctic Opening: Opportunity and Risk in the Hig ...
  • Interview: Ma Jun on the Fight To Clean Up Chi ...
    One of China’s best-known environmentalists, Ma Jun, recently played an important role in the successful effort to force the government to more strictly monitor air Getty Images Ma Jun pollution in Beijing. Growing public concern over the Chinese capital’s often-filthy air — amplified b ...
  • Algae Biofuel Startup Is Expanding Operations ...
    A U.S. startup says it has raised enough funding to significantly expand what it calls the world’s first commercial-scale algae biofuel farm, a 300-acre project its developers say could produce 1.5 million gallons of algae-based crude oil by 2014. Sapphire Energy, which so far has received more ...

Red Ice Creations

  • Monstrous New Wasp Species Discovered in Indonesia
    A new species of wasp discovered on the Indonesian island Sulawesi is two-and-a-half inches long, and has jaws so vast that its discoverer admits, ’I don’t know how it can walk.’ Lynn Kimsey, professor of entomology at the University of California, Davis, says ‘Its jaws are so large that they wr ...
  • 4,000-Year-Old Stone Monolith Likely an Astron ...
    An ancient stone monolith in England was likely an astronomical marker, according to new archaeological evidence. The 4,000-year-old stone is triangular in shape and angles up toward geographic south. Its orientation and slant angle are aligned with the altitude of the sun at midsummer, research ...
  • Adopted or abducted? Veil of secrecy lifts slo ...
    Most women describe giving birth to a child as a life changing experience - in a word - "challenging", "joyous", "miraculous." But generations of young, unwed women describe their experience of giving birth to a child as a nightmare - and decades later their suffering has yet to end. From Austra ...
  • NASA "Crushes" 2012 Mayan Apocalypse Claims
    Scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have put out a new video to address false claims about the "Mayan apocalypse," a non-event that some people believe will bring the world to an end on Dec. 21. In the video, which was posted online Wednesday (Mar. 7), Don Yeomans, head of the Near-Ea ...
  • Insect Experts Issue ’Urgent’ Warning On Using ...
    For America’s agricultural biotech companies, the corn rootworm is threatening to turn into their worst nightmare. Last year, we reported that a major insect pest, the corn rootworm, had "found a chink in the armor" of genetically engineered crops. In several different places across the corn bel ...

Russia Today

  • ‘Christ is risen!’: Patriarch Kirill sends Eas ...
    Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, is delivering his traditional Easter address to Orthodox believers. Read Full Article at RT.com
  • Holy Fire ignites in Jerusalem (VIDEO)
    Thousands of Christians have lit torches and candles from a holy flame that 'miraculously' emerged from the tomb of Jesus in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem on the eve of Orthodox Easter. Read Full Article at RT.com
  • Libya freezes rewards for ex-rebels over mass ...
    Libya's National Transitional Council has suspended a multi-million-dollar payout program to former anti-Gaddafi rebels after admitting it was steeped in fraud. Officials cited duplicate payouts, and claims from... Read Full Article at RT.com
  • Six-party talks ‘encouraging’ after 15-month break
    Iran and six major world powers have had a "constructive" and "encouraging" discussion over Tehran's controversial nuclear program in Turkey. As a goodwill gesture, Iran has issued a religious decree banning the... Read Full Article at RT.com
  • UN Security Council approves monitors' deploym ...
    The United Nations Security Council has unanimously agreed to send an initial team of unarmed truce observers to Syria. Read Full Article at RT.com

Not My Tribe

  • USA- The Land of the Not so Investigated Hate ...
    As the George Zimmerman case plays out, we in the US still live in a Land of the Not Investigated, racially motivated Hate Crime. The latest Hate Crime seems to have happened just last Sunday in Arizona, and has received scant attention in the US press. See Phoenix area’s Fox News’ i ...
  • The voting booth is the last place to look to ...
    Obama versus Romney? ‘How did it come to this? How did democracy in America degenerate into a mind-numbing absurdity? The answer, in a word, is money.’ ‘It has transformed what has always been a profound dissociation between what democratic theory promises and the real world of ...
  • We love you, Jean Luc!
    -Mélenchon mania: viral pop video strikes a chord with French voters … What’s going on in France? They seem to be getting sick of the Fascists and the 2 soft French corporate parties, too. See Melenchon unites French hard left in presidential campaign It’s great to see European ...
  • The new country of South Sudan now is making w ...
    All the US humanitarian liberal minded interventionists once wanted the US government to go to bat for Darfur and for South Sudan and for… well the list of what to try to carve out of the country of Sudan never seems to end! Sudan was a huge country (and still is) and Europeans and the [...]
  • Will the 99% Spring mean grassroots reinforcem ...
    I’m going to think that the more mobilization of the 99% the better, no matter if it’s, ding-dong MoveOn Calling. The vast 99 are wise to the corporations and the corporate media, I think they’ll recognize when corporate organizers try to co-opt their mission. It might be bad e ...

Debunking the Debunkers

  • Two criticisms of the Harrit et al paper that ...
    The vast majority of debunker responses to the discovery of active thermitic material over the past three years have been one of the following mantras: "Paint!", "Peer-review!" and "Chain of custody!". Dr James Millette's report on the red/gray chips has apparently given the "Paint!" mantra new ...
  • Oystein's Contamination Denial
    The MEK test in the Active Thermitic Material ... paper was important in that it established that the aluminium in the red/gray chips is in elemental form consistent with the thermite hypothesis, rather than aluminosilicate form consistent with the paint hypothesis. JREFer Oystein is skeptical. ...
  • Tangled Webs - NIST and WTC7
    ------------------------------------------------ According to the official explanation the collapse of WTC7 came about from the expansion of a steel beam leading to the progressive failure of the entire structure. However, analysis of the building plans show that this already dubious explanati ...
  • Project Truth (WTC) - Sip 2.5 Cognitive Dissonance
    Related: Cognitive Dissonance Meets 9/11 Truth AE911Truth - Psychologists on coping with 9-11 truth. Many people subconsciously make the mistake of only seeing the issues concerning 9/11 in black and white, as opposed to shades of gray. This is known as the black-or-white fallacy. In this c ...
  • Reflecting on the Verinage demolition method
    I recently came across debunker vids on YouTube, such as this that boast of the Verinage demolition technique used to bring down buildings without explosives. According to Wikipedia, “The technique. . .is used in France to weaken and buckle the supports of central floors promoting the collapse o ...

Fooducate

  • Complete the sentence: McDonald’s at a Hospita ...
    New here?  Get our iPhone or Android App to scan & choose healthy groceries!  Or try Fooducate on the Web! McDonald’s at a Hospital is like - a cardiologist smoking - an obese dietitian - etc…. What you need to know: There are 26 hospitals in the US with active McDonald’s r ...
  • Innovative Marketing Won’t Save this Veggie Ch ...
    New here?  Get our iPhone or Android App to scan & choose healthy groceries!  Or try Fooducate on the Web! We spotted this very cool package design at last month’s Natural Food Expo in Los Angeles. The Newspaper theme was well thought out, cleanly laid out and certainly made the mouth ...
  • The Anti Antibiotic FDA. Too Little, Too Late?
    New here?  Get our iPhone or Android App to scan & choose healthy groceries!  Or try Fooducate on the Web! Thirty five years after it initially proposed limiting the use of antibiotics for growth promotion in livestock, the FDA has finally taken a substantive step in this direction. In a pre ...
  • How to Wean Yourself Off Sugary Drinks
    New here?  Get our iPhone or Android App to scan & choose healthy groceries!  Or try Fooducate on the Web! This is a guest blog post by Heather K. Jones, RD Whether you’re trying to clean up your diet, eat healthy, or lose weight, one thing is for sure: drinking sugary calories is a healthy ...
  • Fun and Nutritious? Kellogg’s Crunchy Nut Cara ...
    New here?  Get our iPhone or Android App to scan & choose healthy groceries!  Or try Fooducate on the Web! Apparently, last week on April 5th, America celebrated National Caramel Day. Kellogg’s thought is would be a good day to formally launch a new caramel flavored cereal - Kellogg&#8 ...

Traffikd

  • Twitter Step by Step
    Twitter management can be a daunting task. There are a lot of articles telling you the do's and don'ts of Twitter, however it can still be difficult to pin down exactly what you should be doing each day step by step. If you are having a hard time getting organized and keeping up with everything ...
  • SEO Tips For Your Blog and Business
    When was the last time you thought about your site beyond adding content? It is probably time to take a look at how things are organized. When you started the site you had certain goals, ideas and experiences, now as time has passed it is a good idea to take another look at those goals [...]
  • How To Choose Keywords
    Every day millions of searches are performed on the internet and all of those search terms are saved and provided to us to peruse at our discretion. Unfortunately, on the other hand, there are millions of searches performed every day on the internet and ALL that data is saved and provided to us ...
  • Why Social Media Isn’t Working For You
    So you took the first step and signed yourself up for some social media sites and started marketing yourself and now you're waiting for the traffic to start rolling in. You've done your research about social media marketing and everyone tells you to find followers, engage them and turn them into ...
  • How Do I Tweet – Writing the $6 Million Dollar ...
    Twitter recently made claims that they had reached 100 million users. A fairly impressive feat to be sure, and that is reflected in the pull people give to twitter as a social media outlet. Great tweets can make you a star as fast bad ones can kill your image. Most of the time tweets just pass ...

Survival International

  • Indian tribe stands firm as Vedanta mine appea ...
    Hundreds of Dongria Kondh protest against the Vedanta mine appeal. © Bikash Khemka/Survival One of the world’s most controversial mines is back in the spotlight after hundreds protested against renewed efforts to mine India’s Niyamgiri Hills. Dongria Kondh and Niyamgiri supporters held the ...
  • Peru passes indigenous rights law without cons ...
    The new law has been pushed since the tragic incidents of the Bagua protests in northern Peru © Marijke Deleu and Thomas Quirynen This week Peru has published the greatly anticipated Prior Consultation Law promised by Ollanta Humala at the beginning of his presidency last year. The law ai ...
  • Peru defies UN breakthrough on uncontacted tribes
    Peru continues to approve oil and gas projects despite previous exploration leading to the death of half the Nahua tribe. © Survival Peru’s government is ignoring new UN guidelines on the protection of uncontacted Indians in the Amazon. Instead of backing the UN’s landmark report, which su ...
  • Revealed: how Ethiopia's plantations are killi ...
    Efforts to re-direct the Omo River for irrigation are drying up a key water source for tribes. © Survival New photographic evidence proves Ethiopia’s controversial plantations scheme is killing the Lower Omo River, a lifeline for 100,000 tribal people. The Omo River downstream from ...
  • Sri Lankan park guard kills tribal man
    A Wanniyala-Aetto family. The tribe want to return to their land in Maduru Oya National Park. © Survival A Sri Lankan park guard has shot dead a young man from the Wanniyala-Aetto tribe for hunting on his people’s ancestral land. Local sources say Thalawarige Sunila was hunting inside the ...

Greg Palast

  • Cops beat our cameraman ZD Roberts
    [New York 1 a.m Sunday]   Our photographer ZD Roberts was just beaten by cops @OWS. Thrown down, hair grabbed and slammed with nightsticks - while Zach yelling "I'm PRESS!" trying to show badge. Cops berserk. Zach following protest path tho I'm trying to get him to come in with film. He cannot b ...
  • The Fukushima story you didn't hear on CNN
    "Completely and Utterly Fail in an Earthquake" by Greg Palast for FreePress.org I've seen a lot of sick stuff in my career, but this was sick on a new level. Here was the handwritten log kept by a senior engineer at the nuclear power plant: Wiesel was very upset. He seemed very nervous. V ...
  • BP Settlement Sells Out VictimsDeal buries evi ...
    by Greg Palast for TheMudflats Following the Deepwater Horizon explosion, Greg Palast led a four-continent investigation of BP PLC for Britain's television series Dispatches. From 1989-91, Palast directed the investigation of fraud charges in the Exxon Valdez grounding for Alaska Native villag ...
  • Billionaire Ballot Bandits
    They're stealing it again. In 2000, my team uncovered how Katherine Harris illegally purged thousands of African-Americans from Florida's voter rolls. In 2004, for BBC, we uncovered the Karl Rove GOP "caging scheme" that swiped that election. In 2008, we uncovered, for Rolling Stone and BBC, ...
  • Romney's Auto Bail-out Billionaires
    Top funders made billions from US Treasury by Greg Palast for NationOfChange [Thursday February 23] Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney called the federal government’s 2009 bail-out of the auto industry, “nothing more than crony capitalism, Obama style... a reward for his big donors t ...

How Can I Recycle This ?

  • How can I reuse or recycle empty bottled gas/p ...
    Lyndon has emailed to ask about reusing – or recycling – propane gas canisters (the ones for heating, barbecues or patio heaters etc): Trying to tidy up the yard at work, what can I do with some old gas bottles? If there is a company name on the bottles (like Calor Gas, Flo Gas or [...]
  • How can I reuse or recycle large (catering siz ...
    Sam has emailed asking about large food cans: I have a number of large metal food cans, some zinc lined, which are called #10 size. They hold about 5 or 6 lbs (just under 3kg) of beans, or other foods. Now that they’re empty, they are open on one end, with no plastic lid to [...]
  • She recycled that! Upcycling novelty hats into ...
    Last September, Karen emailed us about the vast collection of novelty jester hats that her boyfriend had collected at various carnivals and festivals over the years. She wanted to know how she could reuse or recycle them as she hadn’t had much success giving them away. Lots of people made ...
  • How can I reuse or recycle wallpaper samples?
    Following on from the paint tester pots the other week, I’ve got some wallpaper samples that have served their purpose too. I really can’t wait for our renovations to be over! Like the paint, the samples were to check out ideas/colours/designs in-situ. Some of them were torn from rol ...
  • How can I reuse or recycle medical plastic tubing?
    We’ve had an email from Janette asking about medical plastic tubing: I need to know how I might reuse/recycle medical plastic tubing. My husband uses an oxygen tank and the cannula (clear plastic tubing) needs to be changed every two weeks. After the nasal clip is removed, biowaste/garbage ...

Age of Autism

  • The Titanic Wave of Autism: “You will lie ther ...
    “You will lie there and drown!” By Jake Crosby That was what my great-great-grandfather, first-class passenger and Civil War veteran Captain Edward Gifford Crosby (that's his ship in the photo), said to my great-great grandmother Catherine Elizabeth Halstead Crosby 100...
  • Age of Autism Contest: The Survival Guide for ...
    We have a copy of a new book for a lucky AofA reader. Called The Survival Guide for Kids with Autism Spectrum Disorders (And Their Parents) by Elizabeth Verdeck and Elizabeth Reed MD from Spirit Publishing. Leave a comment to...
  • Best of AofA: CDC Infectious Disease Policy an ...
    We ran this post in June, 2009. As autism numbers and chronic health issues grow with CDC at the helm of American healthcare - we thought we'd share the post with you as an encore. K Paul Stoller, MD, FACHM...
  • 2nd International Symposium on Vaccines
    2ND INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON VACCINES THE DWOSKIN FAMILY FOUNDATION Held at the 8th Annual Autoimmunity Congress, Granada, Spain To view abstracts for the symposium click HERE. Chairperson: C. Dwoskin, USA Chairperson: C. Shaw, Canada WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2012 12:30-12:35 Introduction...
  • Drafted into The Autism Wars
    By Anne Dachel April 7, 2012, The New York Times, published the story, The Autism Wars by Amy Harmon. The title was intriguing. Just what would The Times consider an autism war? After reading it, I gathered that the fight...

Global BDS Movement

Farm Wars

  • The Colorado Dept. of Public Health and Enviro ...
    There is obviously a survey within a survey here. And using only land lines shows they're doing exact locations since they ask for Counties and Zip Codes in the questions and won't do interviews over cellphones. And they're very interested in military service (skills maybe?).
  • New Studies: Fluoridation Fails to Reduce Cavi ...
    The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says fluoridation reduces tooth decay. But, this study and others shows it hasn't. Tooth decay crises are occurring in all fluoridated cities, states and countries. And, the CDC reports the incidence and severity of children's primary tooth decay recently in ...
  • Farm Wars Safe Seed Pledge
    If you are a seed distributor, grower, or home seed swapper, make sure that your website visitors know that you have absolutely NO ties to biotech interests. Take the Safe Seed Pledge, and consider placing something on your site letting potential customers know that you will not support the like ...
  • Nest Wars!
    Farm Wars geese are at it again. This time they've taken over the doghouse!
  • The Living Seed Company – Seeds of Freedom
    "The power of people growing food together and saving their own seeds is one of the best ways to achieve both inner harmony and global prosperity." Living Seed Company

Open Your Eyes News

  • Inside the secret world of America’s top ...
    TheWeek – The men and women of the Special Collection Service are responsible for placing super-high-tech bugs in unbelievably hard-to-reach places. Data collected is then transmitted to the National Security Agency for decryption and analysis. John Pike of the Federation of American Scien ...
  • Sudanes warplanes pound major town in South Sudan
    Press TV – Sudanese warplanes have pounded a major town in South Sudan amid escalating border tensions and growing fears of a all-out war between the two neighbors. The attack occurred in the early hours of Thursday when five bombs targeted a strategic bridge on the edge of Bentiu, the cap ...
  • Fracking Tied to Unusual Rise in Earthquakes i ...
    Bloomberg – A spate of earthquakes across the middle of the U.S. is “almost certainly” man-made, and may be caused by wastewater from oil or gas drilling injected into the ground, U.S. government scientists said in a study. Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey said that for the thre ...
  • IMF funds drive caught in global power shift
    Reuters – Tensions among some of the world’s leading economies are on a boil over a plan to raise new resources for the International Monetary Fund to contain the euro zone debt crisis and a quest by emerging economies to win more say in the global lender. World finance leaders gathe ...
  • Arizona governor signs law banning most late-t ...
    Reuters – Arizona Republican Governor Jan Brewer signed into law on Thursday a controversial bill that bans most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, giving Republicans a win in ongoing national efforts to impose greater restrictions on abortion. The measure, which state lawmakers gave a ...

L.A. Times - Greenspace

  • American companies engaging in trade of illega ...
    More than 20 American companies have played roles in fostering a steady flow of illegal hardwoods from the Peruvian Amazon, part of a “well-oiled machine that is ransacking Peru’s forests and undermining the livelihoods and rights of the people that depend on them,” according t ...
  • Climate change vs. Easter bunnies
    Easter is still a great day for worship, candy in baskets, pagan solstice rituals and running around the yard finding eggs, but every year it gets quite a bit worse for bunnies.
  • Spoof ad thanks GM for pulling Heartland funding
    ForecastTheFacts.org has put up an advertisement spoofing the new TV ads created for the Chevy Volt – but this one congratulates GM for ceasing to fund the Heartland Institute, a free-market think tank that questions the science behind global warming.
  • Titanic today might dodge better but would enc ...
    The Titanic hit an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland, but it probably didn’t hit one the size of Manhattan.
  • Judge orders testing of evidence in Judi Bari ...
    Almost 22 years after Earth First! activists Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney were car-bombed during a campaign to save old-growth trees, a federal judge has ordered the FBI to turn over evidence from the bombing for forensic testing.

water.org

  • A toilet provides freedom
    Before, Mrs. Bhuvaneswari's family had to spend time walking to find a place to go to the bathroom. Now they are able to use their own toilet and their time for better things.
  • Bringing joy with clean water
    "The pond water I was forced to get water from was very dirty and had a bad smell. Due to my distant walks to collect water, sometimes I was late to work. My daughters and I would also suffer from diarrhea, jaundice, dysentery and skin diseases because of the dirty pomd water. We are able to ge ...
  • Levi's Water
    Water.org and Levi's® Launch Water
  • Make Progress on Sanitation
    No invention has saved more lives than a toilet. More than 80% of sewage in developing countries is discharged untreated, polluting rivers, lakes and coastal areas. All because there is no infrastructure - a toilet, or city utilities - to flush away yesterday's meal. But that's not all. Toilets ...
  • Project4India: Vlogger Videos
    When we visited the field in India this February, we brought three of YouTube's most popular vloggers with us so that they could share their experiences with the world and tell their audience all about the water crisis. In celebration of World Water Day, they've each just released their first vi ...

Before It's News

Energy Probe - Nuclear Power,Utility Reform

  • The Deniers on CBC Radio's 'Ideas'
    The science is settled - is now the mantra of climate change activism? Those who disagree are either in denial or in the pay of an oil company. But long time environmentalist and energy activist Lawrence Solomon says no, the science is not settled on global warming. Ideas producer David Cayley b ...

Margaret's News

  • Israeli democracy without the High Court and B ...
    In a country where many Knesset members view the High Court as an enemy, minorities as a fifth column, the left as homegrown terrorists and religion as the basis of patriotism, it is not the legislature that needs strengthening but rather the court.. Submitted by . to World  |  &nbsp ...
  • Daniel Pipes' attack on Israeli Arabs is basel ...
    But there is in Israel a frightening increase in violence when it comes to Arab citizens and this is well documented. And I mean Jewish attacks directed against Arab citizens. Sadly, Pipes neglects to weigh in on this. Submitted by . to World  |   Note-it!  |   Ad ...
  • "Ive Been Duped" - Reflections on Israel and P ...
    Do you know the frustration you feel when you believed in something strongly and then you realize that the information that made you believe was from a source with an agenda to deceive? Submitted by Ken D. to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • What people will do for beauty: 8 Grossest Spa ...
    uh..the title says it all :) Submitted by Vicky Pitchford to Offbeat  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • White House sees more pain for Iran as it clea ...
    Aggressive war is illegal, immoral against nations that are no threat, is nonbelligerent & it is insane! Call your Reps. Tell your friends, rouse up the good folk in your church,mosque and synagouge. We must stop this exported violence or we are screwed. Submitted by michael h. to World   ...

Solar Energy / Energy Boom

News Blaze

  • April Declared as National Child Abuse Prevent ...
    Each year the president of the United States, along with governors and other government officials, declares the month of April the National Child Abuse Prevention Month (NCAPM).
  • Festive 'Rongali' Bihu Begins in Assam
    Rongali bihu is one of the biggest festival in Assam which heralds the new year calendar of Assamese society. It is celebrated with fun and abundance.
  • EPA Proposes Rule to Require Electronic Report ...
    The action is an important milestone in the agency's effort to increase transparency and public access to chemical information in order to help Americans protect their health and environment.
  • NYC 'Monster' Teachers Reinstated to the Class ...
    That's a very real concern for parents with children in New York City public schools, where 14 teachers of highly dubious character have been reinstated to the classroom - and two others have been given 'desk duty'
  • US Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty With UK En ...
    The Treaty will help American and British troops get the best technology in the fastest way possible so they can continue to defend US interests and protect US national security around the world, Ms. Clinton noted.

Worldnews

  • PRC: Nursing exam takers dwindling
    IT APPEARS that not only nursing schools are set to decrease as the number of nursing graduates themselves have already been on a down swing recently. The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) said there was a sharp drop in the number of nursing graduates based on the most recent examinat ...
  • Safety fears over 'unclean' and 'unregula ...
    London, Apr 14 (ANI): Health experts are demanding stringent controls on electronic cigarettes over concerns that customers could be exposed to poisonous chemicals. The nicotine vapour inhaler devices, mostly imported from China, are not subject to regulations and fears are growing that peop ...
  • Labour urges rethink on VAT for work on l ...
    Labour's deputy leader Harriet Harman says removing the exemption on VAT for listed buildings will hit the Church of England very hard indeed and the decision should be reversed. 560 315 TelegraphPlayer_9204396 11:35AM BST 14 Apr 2012 Mr Osborne announced plans to impose VAT on restoration w ...
  • Gold, silver decline on weak global cues, ...
    Both the precious metals, gold and silver, plunged in the national capital today as demand at existing higher levels dried up to some extent amid a weak global markets. Gold tumbled by Rs 200 to Rs...
  • Burma tourism set to boom
    Tourism in Burma is expected to surge twofold this year as curious foreigners explore the long-isolated country in the wake of landmark reforms which look set to make the nation more accessible to the world. 560 315 TelegraphPlayer_9204429 11:56AM BST 14 Apr 2012 According to the Ministry of ...

Alex in Wonderland

MY Daily Apple

Common Dreams

  • Teen Protester, Mourner 'Shot in Chest' in Bahrain
    A 15-year-old boy has been shot in the chest by Bahraini forces, among several other injured. The incident occurred as thousands of people attended a funeral procession on Friday for Ahmed Ismail, 22, a 'citizen journalist', outside of the capital Manama. Several people were wounded by g ...
  • US Refuses Plea to End Drone Attacks in Pakistan
    Yesterday, the Pakistani government presented the US with a list of immediate demands, including a total end to CIA drone bombing and that “no overt or covert operations inside Pakistan shall be permitted”. The demand would have been in exchange for a reopening of NATO supply lines t ...
  • US Refuses Plea to End Drone Attacks in Pakistan
    Yesterday, the Pakistani government presented the US with a list of immediate demands, including a total end to CIA drone bombing and that “no overt or covert operations inside Pakistan shall be permitted”. The demand would have been in exchange for a reopening of NATO supply lines t ...
  • Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Caves on ...
    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has decided not to challenge credit card companies on introductory fees. Credit card companies had been more aggressive in charging fees to users before they use a credit card, ever since new regulations made it so they could no longer charge more than 25 ...
  • Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Caves on ...
    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has decided not to challenge credit card companies on introductory fees. Credit card companies had been more aggressive in charging fees to users before they use a credit card, ever since new regulations made it so they could no longer charge more than 25 ...

The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos

Examine Religion - Tweets

Energy Collective

  • Battery Fires and Rick Santelli
    Advanced batteries and compressed natural gas can both power vehicles and can do so safely if properly engineered and manufactured. The key to the safety of both technologies is rigorous testing, high quality manufacture, and minimum safety standards. As between the safety technology coming ou ...
  • Smart Parking Solutions to Reduce Congestion a ...
    The days of free parking may be numbered.
  • Is the first emissions reductions mechanism us ...
    Energy policy development over the last decade has shown one thing for certain, governments the world over are persistent in their desire to alter the energy mix and/or at least begin to manage emissions. How can businesses best respond to this trend and what role should they play?
  • Nuclear start-ups have stretch goals
    The desire is for independence and to innovate with great results
  • Clean Energy Investments Top $250 Billion in 2011
    In 2011, new clean energy investments rose to a record $263 billion – a 6.5 percent increase from last year.  The United States rose to the top in 2011 after having fallen behind China and Germany last year.  But the 27 countries that make up the European Union (EU-27) as a whole were ...

Green House - USA Today

Prior Art

Peoples Voice

  • Syrian Insurgents Violate Ceasefire
    by Stephen Lendman It was too good to last. On day one, insurgents violated ceasefire calm. Blame Washington's dirty hands. It manipulates everything going on. It won't tolerate peace and stability. Regime change plans need violence blamed on Assad. That's imperialism's ugly face. Behind it l ...
  • Ahmed Ben Bella: "I spent 24 and a half years ...
    Silvia Cattori Ahmed Ben BellaThe first president of independent Algeria (1963-1965) Ahmed Ben Bella passed away on April 11th, 2012 at the age of 96. This interview was granted in Geneva on April 16, 2006. Ahmed Ben Bella is one of the great figures of Arab nationalism. He was one of the ni ...
  • Rupert watch - Apocalypse when?
    By Michael Collins Rupert Murdoch is in big trouble. It is not a perfect storm but we're getting there. British attorney Mark Lewis is in New York to take legal action in behalf of clients who may have had their phones hacked in the United States. More significantly, News Corp withdrew its ...
  • Iran Nuclear Talks
    by Stephen Lendman On April 14 and 15, Istanbul will host so-called P5+1 countries. They include the five permanent Security Council members - America, Russia, China, Britain, and France - plus Germany. According to Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, Baghdad will host more t ...
  • Endless growth: a telltale sign of madness
    Steven Earl Salmony If scientists will choose to speak truth to the powerful, perhaps they will encourage other stonewalling leaders to do the right thing. At the moment many too many elders are remaining electively mute and appear unwilling to confront ‘the powers that be’ with the ...

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

  • Taxing the rich
    There's a growing movement in Canada to pressure our governments to ask those who have more to give to contribute more in taxes. A new Environics Poll for the Broadbent Institute shows 83% of Canadians favour raising taxes on the richest. And a new movement, Doctors for Fair Taxes reflects a gro ...
  • Income Inequality Un-Canadian: Poll
    The Broadbent Institute has launched its new Equality Project with a poll by Environics Research that shows the majority of Canadians view growing income inequality as a big problem with long-term consequences - a problem that undermines Canadian values. The poll also shows Canadians are ahead o ...
  • Youth and Community-led Activism in Canada
    In spite of system and systemic failure, young people are—with creativity, passion and determination—fighting for change across sectors and within communities. They are pushing the progress envelope. And we need to celebrate their victories and support them with knowledge, with numbers, and with ...
  • CCPA-NS Reacts to provincial budget
    As was expected, the provincial budget released by Nova Scotia's ruling New Democratic Party is characterized by a fixation on getting “back to balance”.  With a debt to-GDP ratio of 35%, there is no need to prioritize fiscal balance to the exclusion of other important needs. What is being ...
  • What a Wildrose Victory May Mean for Saskatchewan
    Simon Enoch, Director of the Saskatchewan Office, wonders what a Wildrose Party victory in the upcoming Alberta election will mean for Saskatchewan. More here.

World Wide Hippies

  • Wave of protest sweeps over BP annual meeting
    From yorkshirepost – OIL giant BP faced a backlash on executive pay, screaming environmental protesters and more anger over the Gulf of Mexico spill when it met shareholders at its annual meeting yesterday. The group’s boardroom pay package riled investors, with 11 per cent of shareholder ...
  • Today’s lesson, Dumpster diving: Trash sorting ...
    By: Anne Williams, Bemidji Pioneer – BEMIDJI — Caleb Countryman grinned from ear to ear Wednesday afternoon as he held up a bright blue plastic canteen a classmate found minutes earlier in the trash. It looked brand new. Had it not been found, it likely would have ended up in the landfill, ...
  • The Louisiana Empire
    By Mixt Green Leo,Worldwidehippies – The United States went from fledgling nation to empire in an incredibly short 27 years, going from being the world’s first constitutional democracy to being just another empire before the term of its third president was over.  Prior to the Louisiana Pur ...
  • Worldwide Hippies News Briefs Saturday
    Forecasters say Saturday storms ‘life threatening’ OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — In an unusually early and strong warning, national weather forecasters cautioned Friday that conditions are ripe for violent tornadoes to rip through the nation from Texas to Minnesota this weekend. As states acr ...
  • CIVIL LIBERTIES IN AMERICA: BIG BROTHER IS GET ...
    by Jack A. Smith,Global Research, – Government surveillance and attacks on the privacy of American citizens were bad enough under the Bush regime but they are getting even worse during the Obama years. In addition to retaining President George W. Bush’s many excesses, such as the Pat ...

FourWinds10

  • Chernobyl in the Gulf of Mexico
    BP Spill Released Dangerous Amounts of Radioactive Material Into the Gulf Cross posted here. It’s been more than a year since BP’s runaway Macondo Well began filling the northern waters of the Gulf of Mexico with more than 200 million gallons of sweet crude, fouling shorelines from L ...
  • Revealed: the secret battle for the riches of ...
    Leaked cables show how nations are carving up pristine wilderness By Shaun Walker in Moscow   The melting of the polar ice has been disastrous for wildlife but opens up new opportunities to exploit natural resources .firstcolumn { font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; border-bottom: 5px so ...
  • THE GARBAGE PATCH
  • STUDYING HOW PLASTIC POLLUTION ENTERS OCEAN FO ...
  • Your help needed to pass FRAC Act and hold dri ...
    (NaturalNews) In response to massive public outcry, the US Senate has finally reintroduced the Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals (FRAC) Act, or S. 587, which will once again hold natural gas drilling companies responsible for the environmental pollution they cause when fractur ...

Crisis Maven

  • The End Game or: How the Dupes were Duped or: ...
    The Euro was probably the most hyped-in currency the world may have ever known. That fact alone should have been reason for suspicion. In this article we contrast some of the eulogies heaped on the Euro back in around 2001/2002 when it was introduced as a tangible currency with these past weeks& ...
  • The End Game or: How the Dupes were Duped or: ...
    The Euro was probably the most hyped-in currency the world may have ever known. That fact alone should have been reason for suspicion. In this article we contrast some of the eulogies heaped on the Euro back in around 2001/2002 when it was introduced as a tangible currency with these past weeks& ...
  • Neutrinos, Physics, Meteors and the Survival o ...
    As you may have noticed, CrisisMaven recently dabbled in speculative thought about the role of a universe-wide encyclopedia cum news service. The reason this came about was that recently at the Large Hadron Collider around Geneva/Switzerland and crossing under the French border a team of scienti ...
  • Neutrinos, Physics, Meteors and the Survival o ...
    As you may have noticed, CrisisMaven recently dabbled in speculative thought about the role of a universe-wide encyclopedia cum news service. The reason this came about was that recently at the Large Hadron Collider around Geneva/Switzerland and crossing under the French border a team of scienti ...
  • Archaeology, the Internet and Neutrinos
    Or: Space and the Universe are a Palimpsest . Most recently Israeli archaeologists unearthed a crusader’s inscription believed to be around 800 years old and, which is why it makes headlines, written in Arabic. For those who have followed archaelogical progress over several decades (and re ...

Capital Flow Analysis

  • Stock buybacks are bad for investors: Further ...
    In the working paper “The Buyback Monitor - July 2009: Corporate Stock Buyback Profits of 273 Firms from 2000 into 2009“, published on the Social Sciences Research Network, M.A. Gumport, CFA, provides further evidence that stock buybacks are not as good for investors as often touted ...
  • Why Obama’s healthcare scheme portends stagfl ...
    The trillion-dollar Obama health care plan increases the odds that US economic recover will be delayed, and that unemployment and inflation will increase. The main thrust of the Obama plan is to increase taxes on individuals earning more than $250,000 a year, while forcing all but the tiniest ...
  • How long would it take to work off the US trad ...
    The rest of the world holds $16.8 trillion in US financial assets, according to Federal Reserve release Z.1, as of Q1 2009. [...]
  • Why Bernanke’s flawed “exit strategy” policy p ...
    In a lead op-ed editorial in the Wall Street Journal on July 21, 2009, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke revealed the Fed’s exit strategy with regards to the inflationary effects of the Obama “spending is stimulus” packages and other government measure to contain the curren ...
  • Stocks surge on spurious earnings reports: Q2 2009
    No one knows for sure the real earnings of American corporations. In Q1 2009, according to the Federal Reserve flow of funds table F.102, after-tax profits of US non-financial, non-farm corporations, on an annual basis, were about $589.9 billion. However, about 50% of these after-tax earnings ...

R-Squared Energy Blog

  • The Impact of $5 Gas Prices, and Eco-Proppants ...
    In this week’s episode of R-Squared Energy TV, I talk about the impact I believe $5 gasoline will have on most people, and whether there are any environmentally friendly proppants that can be used for hydraulic fracturing. Some of the topics discussed this week are: My observations here in ...
  • Canada Rises and Saudi Slides: Top 15 Sources ...
    The Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently published an article on 2011 U.S. crude oil imports. I thought it might be interesting to take a look at where the U.S. currently obtains its oil, and how that has changed over the past decade. The EIA story is: Nearly 69% of U.S. crude oil im ...
  • Poet, KiOR, and Waste-to-Heat — R-Squared Ener ...
    In this week’s episode of R-Squared Energy TV, I answer questions about POET’s Project Liberty, about why KiOR might need a natural gas pipeline, and whether there are better options out there for utilization of waste heat from electrical generating plants. Some of the topics discuss ...
  • Power Plays is Published
    Introduction My new book — Power Plays: Energy Options in the Age of Peak Oil — has been published. A press release issued last week describes the book in some detail: Robert Rapier Reflects on Energy Options in the Age of Peak Oil in his Latest Book Here I want to describe a bit abo ...
  • Vinod Khosla, Cellulosic Ethanol, and Biomass ...
    In this week’s episode of R-Squared Energy TV, I answer a few questions about pathways to biofuels, cellulosic ethanol, and Vinod Khosla. I have to apologize this week, because the microphone was a bit away from my mouth, so the volume is lower than normal. Some of the topics discussed thi ...

Discovery Educator Network

  • Teacher Experience Exchange - Strategies for i ...
    Tags: youtube, HPexchange, strategies, teaching, pedagogy, education, videoby: Dean Mantz
  • webdoc - Home
    Comments:Web Doc is a new service that is best described as a blog platform that offers rich multimedia commenting.  - Dean MantzTags: web2.0, collaboration, tools, multimedia, webdoc, writing, blogby: Dean Mantz
  • MailVU.com: Video Email
    Comments:Record and send video email messages.  - Dean MantzTags: videomail, mailvu, web2.0, tools, email, education, video, recordingby: Dean Mantz
  • Directory
    Comments:Over 2,000 tools for use in education and classroom integration.  - Dean MantzTags: tools, web2.0, elearning, resources, websitesby: Dean Mantz
  • Free Printable Flash Card Maker
    Tags: flashcards, education, tools, printable, interactive, printables, maker, creator, generatorby: Fred Delventhal

Rodale News

  • Where To Buy The Healthiest Chicken
    Maryland is about to become the first state in the country to ban the practice of adding arsenic to chicken feed, after the state legislature passed a bill earlier this week that's headed to the governor's desk. The hope is that the ban will protect Maryland's drinking water supplies and the en ...
  • FDA Won't Ban Antibiotics in Farming
    Every year, the nonorganic farm system administers a whopping 30 million pounds of antibiotics to farm animals that aren't even sick. They do this to fatten up animals faster and prevent health problems in animals kept in extreme confinement (and often filthy) conditions. Much of the meat and e ...
  • The Nickel Pincher: The Best Veggie Garden for ...
    This quick and inexpensive planter will have you enjoying your own efforts at container vegetable gardening in a month or less. Put it on your driveway or your deck, on a sturdy outdoor table (no-stoop gardening!), or just on the ground. Anywhere that gets at least five to six hours of full sun ...
  • The Toxic Trio in "Nontoxic" Nail Polish
    Healthy cosmetics can be hard to find. Claims like "natural" and even "organic" aren't well regulated, and every few months, you hear of another report finding that lipstick is contaminated with lead and even baby shampoo contains cancer-causing dioxins. Now, it seems, you have yet more reason ...
  • How America's Sugar Addiction is Killing Bees
    Americans like their sweets. And the food industry's go-to sweetener—high-fructose corn syrup—can be found in hundreds of foods and drinks, including everything from bread and kid cereals to juices and soda. The man-made sweetener has been blamed for America's rising obesity epidemic, but it's ...

big think

  • How to Keep Your Job From Literally Killing You
    What's the Latest Development? American productivity has tripled since 1947, and in the midst of our stumbling economic recovery, those who are fortunate enough to have jobs are feeling the pressure of competing in the global marketplace. Numerous studies show that long working hours are ...
  • Scientists Create Stem Cells Immune to HIV
    What's the Latest Development? By engineering stem cells to be immune to HIV, scientists at UCLA have developed a method for targeting and suppressing cells in the body that contain HIV proteins. The researchers took "the 'killer' T cells that help fight infection from an HIV-infected in ...
  • Why Low Social Status Causes Health Problems
    What's the Latest Development? Scientists have determined that your social rank substantially affects your health, with those on the lower end being most prone to health problems. Using a population of macaque monkeys, researchers at the University of Chicago observed that social positio ...
  • Cory Booker, Kim Jong Il, and Stalin
    If I were trapped in a burning building, here's who I would want to see coming up the smoke-filled stairwell: A trained professional firefighter in full gear. Not Mayor Bloomberg. Nothing against the mayor, but a healthy democratic society protects its people with institutions, not the magic pow ...
  • Using Big Data to Stop Heart Problems
    What's the Latest Development? To better protect people's health, Dr. Leslie Saxon wants to collect the heartbeat rhythm of every person in the world, and she is creating a website to do it. Called everyheartbeat, the site will allow anyone to upload their heart rate data, perhaps taken ...

Information Liberation

  • Secret Service agents busted because they refu ...
    Most of the Secret Service agents embroiled in a prostitution scandal brought women back to their Colombia hotel rooms before President Obama arrived in town for an international summit, Rep. Pete King said Saturday. King said the raunchy rendezvo...
  • PBS on the Industrial Food Machine
    PBS just ran an interesting episode of "America Revealed: Food Machine," in which Yul Kwon explores how the industrial food machine manages to feed so many people through technology and engineering marvels. The show is mostly an endorsement of the fo...
  • Cop Allegedly Caught Pleasuring Himself In His ...
    America's finest at work. Via KOB.com: He was supposed to be supervising other cops in the field, but one Santa Fe Police Department sergeant was caught on his own dash cam video having a graphic sexual conversation with himself. 4 On Your S...
  • Hot Dog Vendor Shut Down "To Protect Existing ...
    Here's a good example of "unrestrained free market capitalism destroying America"... oh wait never mind, it's the exact opposite. MONROE, Mich. (WXYZ) - It's The Dog Pound vs. the City of Monroe, and it's been tied up in a legal battle for nearly tw...
  • Regulators Take on the E-Book
    Get this: The federal bureaucrat who last month started the litigation against Apple and book publishers for e-book pricing is the same person who, back in the stone age, represented Netscape in its lawsuit against Microsoft. Recall that Microsoft...

Be Responsible - Be Free!

  • Neither A Soul To Damn, Nor A Body To Kick
    Today I’m having a look at an issue you might not generally associate with Libertarianism, but whose existence directly impacts on the liberty of us all, thousands of times every day: the company. Specifically, the limited-liability, joint stockholder corporation. Most … Continue rea ...
  • Neither A Soul To Damn, Nor A Body To Kick
    Today I’m having a look at an issue you might not generally associate with Libertarianism, but whose existence directly impacts on the liberty of us all, thousands of times every day: the company. Specifically, the limited-liability, joint stockholder corporation. Most … Continue rea ...
  • Revenge Of The Banana Benders
    That’s how people in other states of Australia refer to Queenslanders. The state election on March 24, resulting in the biggest electoral loss for the Australian Labor Party in any election since the Second World War, says much about the … Continue reading →
  • Revenge Of The Banana Benders
    That’s how people in other states of Australia refer to Queenslanders. The state election on March 24, resulting in the biggest electoral loss for the Australian Labor Party in any election since the Second World War, says much about the … Continue reading →
  • Power In All The Wrong Hands
    I’m still rather tied up, so I thought as a bit of a change of pace,  I’d direct you to a rather marvellous article from the von Mises Institute: The Seven Rules of Bureaucracy. Had me in stitches at several … Continue reading →

Sciencebase - Breaking Science News

  • A virtual trip to New Mexico
    The Alchemist takes a virtual trip to New Mexico this week to learn of resistant bacteria. He also discovers that counter intuitively putting certain zeolites under pressure can open up the entrances to their pores. In geochemistry, we learn why copper is not found so commonly at the Earth&#8217 ...
  • A dinosaur timeline
    Dinosaurs are on my mind…not least because of the ACS’s intelligent alien dinosaur story and the attempt to ban the word and all evolutionary themes by the NYC Department of Education but also because my good buddy Ed Yong just alerted us to a Smithsonian article that puts the dinosa ...
  • Crowdsourcing science definitions
    Forget long-winded, long-form, textbooks, essays and all that overblown background reading stuff! Science 140 is a new crowdsourcing social media project that hopes to collate science definitions andexplanations. As the name would suggest, each has to be 140 characters or fewer, tweet length, in ...
  • More intelligent alien dinosaurs
    Yesterday, I posted about chemist Ronald Breslow’s frivolous claim that the nature of homochirality on Earth might not be duplicated on other planets and that there might be intelligent dinosaurs ruling other worlds and the American Chemical Society’s bizarre, tabloid-baiting press r ...
  • Alien dinosaur chemists
    A press release earlier this week from the American Chemical Society that mentioned intelligent alien dinosaurs was bound to pique the interest of the tabloids, wasn’t it? The Daily Mail ran with the bizarre headline:” Welcome new lizard overlords – New study suggests alien wor ...

RFF Library

  • The Year that Shook the Rich: A Review of Natu ...
    Brookings Institution / by Elizabeth Ferris and Daniel Petz http://bit.ly/wgIckA [From Executive Summary] 2011 was the most expensive year in terms of disaster losses in history, mostly because of a spate of disasters affecting developed countries. Globally, the economic cost of disasters in 201 ...
  • Preparing for a Changing Climate: Washington S ...
    State of Washington, Dept. of Ecology http://www.ecy.wa.gov/biblio/1201004.html [From Executive Summary]  …By taking action now to respond and adapt to changing climate conditions, Washington can significantly limit the damage and reduce the long-term costs of the climate related impacts t ...
  • The Regulatory Red Herring: The Role of Job Im ...
    New York University, School of Law, Institute for Policy Integrity / by Michael A. Livermore, Elizabeth Piennar, and Jason A Schwartz http://policyintegrity.org/files/publications/Regulatory_Red_Herring.pdf [From the Executive Summary] …This report examines the use of job impact analysis b ...
  • Two Economic Studies of Proposed CAFE Standards
    The Effect of Proposed MY 2017-2025 Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards on the New Vehicle Market Population, by David Wagner, Paulina Nusinovich, Esteban Plaza-Jennings — National Automobile Dealers Association, Feb. 2012 http://bit.ly/HxHQtF [From Introduction] The proposed f ...
  • Wind Farms Don’t Harm Birds in the Long Run
    Greater impacts of wind farms on bird populations during construction than subsequent operation: results of a multi-site and multi-species analysis, by J. W. Pearce-Higgins, L.  Stephen, A. Douse & R. H. W. Langston. Journal of Applied Ecology, v49 n2 p386-394, April 2012 (open access) http: ...

Scientific American - News

  • Penguins from Space: A New Satellite Census Do ...
    A group of geographers and ecologists from three continents has taken an unprecedented look at Antarctica's emperor penguins. Using very high resolution (VHR) images from satellites 450 kilometers above Earth, the team has come up with the first total population count for an entire species. ...
  • Secret Computer Code Threatens Science
    Modern science relies upon researchers sharing their work so that their peers can check and verify success or failure. But most scientists still don't share one crucial piece of information -- the source codes of the computer programs driving much of today's scientific progress. [More] ...
  • Fathomable Pharmaceuticals: Will Cameron's Voy ...
    Blockbuster-moviemaker-turned-aquanaut James Cameron's solo dive in the Pacific to the Mariana Trench's Challenger Deep site last month opens up a vast, under-explored region of the world's oceans to researchers. There, scientists hope to discover, retrieve and study a host of prev ...
  • Parsing Primates: Baboons Learn to Recognize t ...
    I bet you can raed waht tihs syas, eevn tohguh smoe wrods are sracbmled. [More]
  • Feeding the World, While the Earth Cooks [Live ...
    Farmers have coped with fickle weather since the dawn of human agriculture, and may have even kicked off local climate changes with early forest-clearing and the like. But agriculture has never before faced the extent of the challenge posed by contemporary global warming, which could result in ...

First Truths

  • The Anarchist Lineage
     Interesting passage from Samuel Clark's Living Without Domination: The Possibility of an Anarchist Utopia. I would wonder what the anarchists I know think of the various lists referenced here: This account of anarchism as a permanent human tendency has been attacked by a number of authors. ...
  • "Crisis of the State"
    From Simon Clark's Keynesianism, Monetarism, and the Crisis of the State: However this structural crisis was not the result of the changing functional requirements of changes in the labour process, but of the tendency for capital accumulation to take the form of the overaccumulation and uneven d ...
  • "Aspects of the Post-Ricardian Literature"
    Interesting and thought-provoking passage from Samuel Hollander's Economics and Ideology: Aspects of the Post-Ricardian Literature (1979): It was Marx's position, as we have mentioned, that while the labor writers of the 1820s drew upon Ricardo's value theory to reach their conclusion regarding ...
  • "Integrated Geographies"
    From Anthony Ince's Whither Anarchist Geography?:It has been said that anarchism combines a socialist critique of liberalism and a liberal critique of socialism. Its refusal to focus merely on "economics" or "freedom" or "culture," and so on, means that anarchism is inherently multifaceted and a ...
  • Colbert on Atheists
    I enjoyed this passage from Stephen Colbert's I Am America (And So Can You!): AtheistsThese No-goodnik no-Godniks are growing in numbers and power in America. It makes me wonder how a God could exist Who'd allow people to piss me off so much.Luckily, a recent survey published in the American Soc ...

Media Co-Op

  • In Cartagena, Colombia, summits are underway
    People's summit kicks off with thousands from Colombian and international organisations A young boy dips his clothes in the water directly across from where leaders will meet over the week-end, a little further away, right in front of ...
  • Students occupy uOttawa admin office over tuit ...
    uOttawa student resistance continues following last week's BOG disruption! For Immediate Release: April 12, 2012   Students take action against Board of Governors fee hikes and occupy University of Ottawa President’s Office ...
  • Violence légitime, mon oeil!
    Quand ils coupent les programmes sociaux Qui demandent aux pauvres de travailler plus Pour que les riches payent moins d’impôts On se statch tous ensemble dans les b ...
  • Boat Harbour Pictorial
    Boat Harbour, Nova Scotia - The brown, steaming waters of Boat Harbour, churned to a foaming mix by mechanical aerators, provides a striking example of industry laying absolute waste to a once pristine environment. Effluent run-o ...
  • Missing Justice: Organizations Affirm Boycott ...
    Representatives from fifteen Indigenous, Downtown Eastside, and women's organizations gathered for a press conference in the Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) boardroom yesterday morning to affirm their boycott of the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry. The organizations - including Battere ...

David Seaton's News Links

  • Mitt Romney, severely stiff?
    David Seaton's News Links The coming presidential election is very different from 2008... as then one of the men is a known quantity and the other is an enigma. But yesterday's enigma is today's known quantity and although the other man has been around for years, the more he says and the more h ...
  • Thoughts at Easter: Once I built a tower and n ...
    David Seaton's News Links "We are so made that we can sustain our existence only in group life. Love is the essence of humanity, love needs something to bestow itself upon; human beings must live together in order to live a life of mutual love." D. T. Suzuki "I sincerely believe that if you ...
  • Conservatives or neo-fascists?
    David Seaton's News LinksI would think it important to separate this new "conservatism" from the traditional variety. Remember the American vice is to use language to hide meaning. I’ll quote myself from an earlier post:One of the most disturbing things about America is the incoherence of ...
  • Why are the Republicans so weird?
    David Seaton's News LinksThis blog post, by the excellent Thomas Edsall, makes some very interesting points about the make-up of the Republican electorate. In the GOP’s South Carolina primary, 98% of those who voted were white: this in a state where nearly 28% of the population is black. Rep ...
  • Mohammed Merah, the monster of Toulouse
    David Seaton's News LinksThe  question we must ask is; was Mohammed Merah really a trained terrorist or simply a nut?We know practically nothing about Mohammed Merah. As far as we can see he acted totally alone, with only a handgun: nothing complicated like explosives was involved.Right n ...

MoJo - Kevin Drum

  • Friday Cat Blogging - 13 April 2012
    As promised, today's catblogging is done entirely from my iPad, a task that's fantastically more difficult than it should be thanks to the usual Apple attitude of walling off their products and insisting that everyone either do things the Apple way or no way at all. In particular, Apple has ch ...
  • The Invisible Hand Cooks Dinner
    "I've been an economist for some 30 years," says Tyler Cowen. "In this time, I've learned that by applying some basic economics to my food choices, I can make nearly every meal count." Here are his six simple rules: At fancy restaurants, order what sounds the least appetizing. Avoid re ...
  • What Pollsters Ask vs. What Respondents Hear
    Do people really care about all the nano-controversies that constantly bubble up out of the politico-quantum vacuum and then disappear just as quickly? Dave Weigel points to the following poll question as evidence about the number of people who have an opinion about Obama's "hot mic" incident: ...
  • The App Gap Has Replaced the Slang Gap
    Back in the day, fuddy duddies like me could be identified by our ignorance of the latest teen lingo. Many a comedy skit has been built around this trope over the years. The slang gap is still with us, of course, but I think the app gap has become the real tribal marker these days. And the gap ...
  • Congress is Fiddling While America Crumbles
    Ezra Klein complains that tax jihadism is ruining us. Our inability to properly fund roads and highways is Exhibit A: We used to have a straightforward way to fund infrastructure in this country: the federal gas tax. In 1956, President Dwight Eisenhower raised the tax from 1.5 cents a gallo ...

Insanity Report

  • IC 314: She’s Cute for a Meth Head
    Topics: April Movie Preview Trolling the Avengers Kristen Stewart is not hot enough to play the hot chick Easter has the best candy Bacon Sundaes 600 lbs man gets stuck in his house Best crime spree EVER Trayvon Martin case updates Conservatives have no humanity Share with your friends:
  • IC 313: The American Dream
    Topics: Kinect Star Wars We’re too lazy for Kinect The American Dream: To be Mediocre and Lazy The Mega Millions “winner” Mary J Blige “sings” for Burger King Conservatives Show their Asses on Trayvon Martin Coverage Share with your friends:
  • IC 312: How to be THE Black Friend
    Topics: April Movies and upcoming Trailers Kev & the born again virgin No blowjobs for life Why Jesus won’t let Kriss win the Mega Millions The Pope & why we let religious leaders get away with bigotry Religion isn’t an excuse for bigotry Pat Robertson’s greatest hits ...
  • The Roast of Joe Oliver
    After eviscerating the stories being passed through the media about Trayvon Martin by the Sanford Police department, the Orlando Sentinel and Craig Sonner, George Zimmerman’s lawyer, you would think any Zimmerman supporter would think twice about going on and confronting Lawrence.  Well, J ...
  • Lawrence O’Donnell Dropping Ether
    I have a general dislike for most of the media, particularly 24 hour cable news networks.  24 hours of non-stop coverage and yet I feel like we’re getting even less real information and becoming less informed the more we watch.  The same stories rehashed from hour to hour, the same guests recycl ...

Simple Climate

  • Climate change threatens the carnival of the a ...
    From chipmunks to calves, Simple Climate has regularly reported on creatures pressured by global warming. This week I bring together their pictures as a reminder of which creatures are at risk, in the hope of providing more motivation to act to help them.
  • Global view answers ice age CO2 puzzle
    Measurements seemingly showing that temperatures have risen before atmospheric concentrations of CO2 over the past 800,000 years only represent Antarctica, say Harvard University's Jeremy Shakun and colleagues. By looking globally they show that CO2 rose before the world warmed at the end of the ...
  • Volunteer computers broaden climate model fore ...
    Dan Rowlands from Oxford Universty and colleagues run a 10,000 simulation experiment using donated computer time, finding the upper range of likely warming in 2050 could be nearer to 3ºC rather than 2ºC higher than the average from 1961-1990
  • Climate models pass prehistoric test
    US Geological Survey scientist Harry Dowsett and a worldwide team of expert climate modellers and temperature sleuths show four models can generally describe a 300,000 year warming period 3,000,000 years ago.
  • Complete organic crop switch would raise UK em ...
    Agricultural consultant Rob Carlton and colleagues suggests leaving more plant waste in fields is the best way to cut greenhouse gases produced by arable farming, though he still holds out hope for bringing the best bits of organic and conventional methods together.

e!Science News

  • Sex, tools and chromosomes
    Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have discovered a key tool that helps sperm and eggs develop exactly 23 chromosomes each. The work, which could lead to insights into fertility, spontaneous miscarriages, cancer and developmental disorders, is published April 13 in the journal ...
  • Research teams discover cellular system for de ...
    Two Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)-based research teams, along with a group from the University of California at San Diego, have discovered that animals have a previously unknown system for detecting and responding to pathogens and toxins. In three papers published in the journals Cell and ...
  • NASA's Swift monitors departing Comet Garradd
    An outbound comet that provided a nice show for skywatchers late last year is the target of an ongoing investigation by NASA's Swift satellite. Formally designated C/2009 P1 (Garradd), the unusually dust-rich comet provides a novel opportunity to characterize how cometary activity changes at eve ...
  • What's in a surname? New study explores what t ...
    What can surnames tell us about the culture, genetics and history of our society? That is the question being answered by Chinese researchers who have traced the evolution of surnames across China. The research, published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, reveals how surnames can ...
  • Cyberbullying and bullying are not the same: U ...
    University of British Columbia research comparing traditional bullying with cyberbullying finds that the dynamics of online bullying are different, suggesting that anti-bullying programs need specific interventions to target online aggression. read more

unEarthed

  • Farmworkers Savor Sweet Taste of Victory
    Earthjustice suit pressures company to nix toxic pesticide Last month – less than a year after Earthjustice sued to protect strawberry field workers from ...
  • In Florida, Green Is Toxic
    New algae bloom flourishes amid weak state rules Algae bloom in Florida As I write this, a new toxic algae bloom has broken out on southwest Florida’s C ...
  • Lloyd’s Urges Caution In The Arctic
    Will Obama listen to the risk market makers? Are you listening, Mr. President? The Obama administration is all ears—deaf ones—when it comes to dir ...
  • Snatching Skagit River Water Is In The Public ...
    Swinomish tribe fights against misguided scheme Skagit River (USGS) Washington state’s Swinomish tribe faces a water rights battle in the Skagit River b ...
  • Little Fish Are a Big Deal
    And we should protect them Menhaden are a key forage fish threatened by overfishing. When you ask a 4-year-old, “What do big fish eat?,” the ...

Brave New Climate

  • The Nuclear Energy Solution
    Guest Post by Bill Sacks and Greg Meyerson. Bill is a physicist and a radiologist, and wrote Lessons about nuclear energy from the Japanese quake and tsunami about a  month into the Fukushima crisis. Greg is an English professor with specialization in critical theory. Both are based in the U.S. ...
  • IFR FaD 12 – lessons learned from fast reactor ...
    This is the third of a four-part series of extracts from the book Plentiful Energy — The story of the Integral Fast Reactor by Chuck Till and Yoon Chang. Reproduced with permission of the authors, these sections describe and justify some of the key design choices that went into the making the IF ...
  • Open Thread 22
    The Open Thread 21 has passed 500 comments and is getting a little bloated, so time for a new one. The Open Thread is a general discussion forum, where you can talk about whatever you like — there is nothing ‘off topic’ here — within reason. So get up on your soap box! The standard commenting [...]
  • Environmentalism in the mud: responding to Jim ...
    Guest Post by Ben Heard. Ben is Director of Adelaide-based advisory firm ThinkClimate Consulting, a Masters graduate of Monash University in Corporate Environmental Sustainability, and a member of the TIA Environmental and Sustainability Action Committee. After several years with major consultin ...
  • Dietary Guidelines Committee ignores climate c ...
    Guest Post by Geoff Russell. Geoff is a mathematician and computer programmer and is a member of Animal Liberation SA. His recently published book is CSIRO Perfidy. His previous article on BNC was: Feeding the billions on a hotter planet (Part III). He also wrote a brilliant recent piece for The ...

Indigenist Opinion

  • .:Middle East Online::The State of Journalism ...
    .:Middle East Online::The State of Journalism and Media in the New Libya:.: Journalism and media witnessed huge expansion in Libya since the first spark in the February 17 revolution. There are now around 200 printed newspapers in Tripoli and Benghazi alone, and around 18 satellite channels thro ...
  • GUEST POST by @jazminchavez and @juliagrob: “L ...
    GUEST POST by @jazminchavez and @juliagrob: “Latinos: Turn Off Your TV, Co�o!”: GUEST POST BY Jazmin Chavez & Julia Ahumada Grob of "East WillyB" By the time of this publication, we should all be familiar with the recent controversy regarding ABC sitcom, “Work It,” in which Puerto Rican act ...
  • A Brief look at the Censorship of Human Rights ...
    China must abandon censorship | APNS Article 35 of China's constitution as adopted in 1982 clearly states that: "Citizens of the People's Republic of China enjoy freedom of speech, of the press, of assembly, of association, of procession and of demonstration." For 28 years this article has stood ...
  • The Republican Candidates' Race Card Strategy
    The Republican Candidates' Race Card Strategy [Black Star News Editorial] Republican presidential candidates Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and front-runner Mitt Romney have all played the race-card to varying degrees in this election cycle, while Ron Paul's campaign is weighed down by the race b ...
  • The Billanthrope: Why I Wrote Koontown
    The Billanthrope: Why I Wrote Koontown: Black people are inherently inferior. This is not something you would often hear anybody say outright—if at all. That would be racist, and we live in a time when even devout racists get offended if you actually call them “racist.” The closest we tend to ge ...

Republicans are a Disease

  • Marie “Ann”toinette Romney You Hav ...
    Dear Marie Antoinette Romney. Please sit down and shut up about economics. It is wonderful that your “family” has been so prosperous that you have never had to work for wages once in your whole life, unlike almost every other woman in America. What you don’t seem to understand ...
  • How Many Small Business Owners Did Newt Screw ...
    Come on Newt, who do you owe? You have millions upon millions in loot, and you can’t pay the people that you have contracts with and did business with? You have yours and you are screwing them out of theirs? You are sick man. I know you wanted to be prezzident so you could screw us [...]
  • Bush Is Back
    So it looks like Mr. Bush is going to fight hard to make sure all them tax breaks for billionaires stay in place. In 8 years he didn’t create one single private sector job with his tax cuts, and in fact we lost almost 700,000 private sector jobs. Giving all them “job creators” ...
  • What Has Mitt Romney Not Lied About
    I hear Mr. Romney speak from time to time. Of course a lot of what he says is “rhetoric” or attacks, or campaign speak. There is something truly wrong here though. I can’t think of a single issue Mr. Romney hasn’t lied about, or flip flopped on. Why does this person want ...
  • Geraldo This Is A Hood

Appalachia Rising

  • Day of Action and Conference Vision Statements
    Appalachia Rising: Day of Action September 25 – 27, 2010, Washington DC Appalachia Rising is a mass mobilization in Washington DC on September 27, 2010 calling for the abolition of mountaintop removal and surface mining. It is a culmination of the national movement against surface mining and a f ...
  • Press Conference to be Held on June 15
    Thousands to March in DC Calling for the Abolition of Mountaintop Removal Press Conference June 15 in Charleston, WV Announces Mass Mobilization Appalachia Rising WHEN: June 15, 10:00 AM WHERE: WV State Capitol Back Steps Near Fountain, Charleston, WV CONTACTS: West Virginia Bo Webb – 304- ...
  • Press Inquiries
    All media inquiries should be sent to Bo Webb webb.bo@gmail.com Set up interviews via email. Previous Press Releases and Media Public Launch Press Conference Report Back, with video Press Conference Held on June 15 Announces Appalachia Rising Video June 15 Appalachia Public Launch Press Conferen ...
  • New Flier for Appalachia Rising
  • Appalachia Rising Uniting Celebrities, Appalac ...
    Appalachia Rising Uniting Celebrities, Appalachians, and Scientists for the Abolition of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Ashley Judd, Woody Harrelson, Gloria Reuben, Kyra Sedgewick, Kevin Bacon, Ed Begley Jr., Kathy Mattea, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, James Hansen, and Darryl Hannah rallying behind co ...

Amped Status

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  • Exclusive: ‘Political contract’ re ...
    A Swedish tourist trying to enter Israel was made to sign a “contract” promising she won’t get in touch with “pro-Palestinian” organisations, and acknowledging she’ll get deported if she “gets caught doing even one of these things.” Meanwhile, Prim ...
  • Activists plan to land in TLV airport, hundred ...
    I’m writing this from somewhere in Europe. Sunday morning, I will board a plane* bound for Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport. Organizers of the “Welcome to Palestine” campaign tell me that more than half the passengers on my flight will be international activists. UPDATE: According ...
  • 1,500 activists prepare to visit Palestine via ...
    I’m writing this from somewhere in Europe. Sunday morning, I will board a plane* bound for Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport. Organizers of the “Welcome to Palestine” campaign tell me that more than half the passengers on my flight will be international activists. When they arrive ...
  • The Round Trip part 8: Forget-me-nots
    From Gonen to Hamat Gader, via a demilitarized zone – childhood memories, some Galilee fish, some Roman nettle, and a debunked conspiracy. For a couple of hours I hitchhike around the short-lived green paradise of the northern Golan, in the hopes of meeting the Israeli settlers (called in ...
  • The Round Trip part 8: Forget-me-nots
    From Gonen to Hamat Gader, via a demilitarized zone, childhood memories, some Galilee fish, some Roman nettle, a debunked conspiracy For a couple of hours I hitchhike around the short-lived green paradise of the northern Golan, in hope of meeting the Israeli settlers (called in Hebrew by a diffe ...

Sustainability,water,etc - Oz gov't

Matt Weidner Blog

  • A Critical Analysis of The Florida Senate Bank ...
    And contrary, to representations made at the hearing yesterday, the letter in opposition to the bill written by Henry Trawick applies to many of the issues that are still addressed in the current version of the litigation. Henry Trawick’s honored opinion and analysis of this bill should no ...
  • The State Attorneys General, Yes, They Sold Us ...
    From Abigail Field: Dear State Attorneys General: Rumor has it that this week we will learn precisely how you sold us all out regarding the criminal enterprise that is mortgage servicing and foreclosure in America. That is, rumor has it that more than two weeks after you announced a deal with fi ...
  • Foreclosure Bill: “Most of this bill is ...
    The good news is some of our elected leaders are listening to us…. For the first time since the real estate crash crippled Florida’s economy and battered struggling homeowners, a bill to hasten foreclosures through the courts is headed to the full House and Senate. A narrow 6-4 vote ...
  • Senators Olerich and Fasano, Margolis, Sobel, ...
    Tonight the Florida Senate voted to pass the absurd foreclosure bill.  The debate was actually significant because two Republicans actually took a stand for justice and the integrity of the legal process and voted against this mess.  Senators Fasano and Olerich  both provided sensible commentary ...
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The Parallel Parliament

  • Not Consultation but Engagement
    Follow the link below to read the article I wrote for the London Free Press today on the need for …Continue reading »
  • Catching Up to History
    Formal politics has increasingly come under suspicion as a less than adequate institution for guiding democracy through the shoals of …Continue reading »
  • The Loss of Canadian Honour
    This morning the Huffington Post has run an article of mine on the loss of honour in Canadian federal politics. …Continue reading »
  • The Hidden Costs of the F-35
    At no point in my final year in Parliament was there any concrete belief in the estimated costs offered by …Continue reading »
  • Towards Innocence
    We were sitting on the front porch swing a couple of days ago, drinking tea after doing some food pickups …Continue reading »

Vaccine Awakening

  • Vaccine Wake Up Call for Parents: Your Childre ...
    by Barbara Loe Fisher Every mother has had the nightmare. We dream our child, who we love more than we thought we could love anyone, has been taken away by strangers and cannot be found. The cold fear rises up from our stomach into our throats as we search, endlessly, to find the child we would ...
  • The Health Liberty Revolution & Forced Vaccination
    “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” – Abraham Lincoln by Barbara Loe Fisher In America today, there is an unprecedented assault on the human right to exercise informed consent to medical risk-taking ...
  • What You Should Know About Meningococcal Disea ...
    by Barbara Loe Fisher Today, pediatricians give American babies as many as 33 doses of 13 different vaccines by 12 months of age.1, 2 Now, federal public health officials are considering recommending that doctors give four more doses of a new vaccine – meningococcal vaccine – to babies between ...
  • Vaccines & Liberty: Let Freedom Ring
    by Barbara Loe Fisher My country, ’tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing:
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims’ pride,
From every mountain side,
Let freedom ring.[1] What is liberty? Webster’s Dictionary defines Liberty as “the quality or state of being free,” ...
  • In Memoriam: Infant Deaths & Vaccination
    by Barbara Loe Fisher Memorial Day is for remembering those, who have fought and died to defend America and preserve our civil liberties, including freedom of thought, speech, religious belief and conscience. So every Memorial Day I remember the children, who have died after receiving state man ...

2020 Science

  • Tenure track faculty positions in risk science ...
    Just thought I’d circulate this on the 2020 Science network – please feel free to pass on the information to anyone who might be interested. We have finally started the process of looking for two junior faculty to join the Risk Science Center at the University of Michigan School of P ...
  • Risk Science – A personal perspective
    As Director of the University of Michigan Risk Science Center, it’s probably not surprising that I’m constantly being asked “what on earth is risk science?”  What is surprising is how hard it is to come up with a clear and concise answer.  Which is why I decided to spend ...
  • Emerging technologies at the World Economic Fo ...
    In an interconnected world, global issues demand integrative solutions.  It’s a statement that many people would agree with – in systems where associations between cause and effect are complex, you ignore synergistic inter-relationships between factors at your peril. But when it come ...
  • Lost in the Maize
    As you’ll have gathered from last week’s Lost in the Maize, I’ve been on the road this week.  In fact, I am writing this on the plane back to Detroit, looking forward to a quick wash, shave, sleep, and catch-up with family, before heading off to the Society for Risk Analysis annual meeting in Sa ...
  • Small gods and the art of technology innovation
    There’s something rather liberating about being asked to give a no-holds talk on your perspective on life, the universe and everything.  So when the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center asked if I would speak as part of their “Where do we go from here?” series, I jumped at it. N ...

Reader Supported News

  • FOCUS: Sneak Attacks
    Jane Mayer reports: "A new and highly aggressive multi-million-dollar anti-Obama ad campaign has started airing on television stations in eight key political swing states - but for now at least, the funders are staying hidden in the shadows." President Barack Obama is facing attack ads paid f ...
  • FOCUS: Sneak Attacks
    Jane Mayer reports: "A new and highly aggressive multi-million-dollar anti-Obama ad campaign has started airing on television stations in eight key political swing states - but for now at least, the funders are staying hidden in the shadows." President Barack Obama is facing attack ads paid f ...
  • NSA Building Foreign/Domestic Spying Supercent ...
    Excerpt: "A new expose in Wired Magazine reveals details about how the National Security Agency is quietly building the largest spy center in the country in Bluffdale, Utah, as part of a secret NSA surveillance program codenamed 'Stellar Wind.'" Wasatch Range in Bluffdale, Utah. (photo: Jesse ...
  • NSA Building Foreign/Domestic Spying Supercent ...
    Excerpt: "A new expose in Wired Magazine reveals details about how the National Security Agency is quietly building the largest spy center in the country in Bluffdale, Utah, as part of a secret NSA surveillance program codenamed 'Stellar Wind.'" Wasatch Range in Bluffdale, Utah. (photo: Jesse ...
  • Why 49 Advertisers Dropped Limbaugh, in Their ...
    Excerpt: "Thousands of angry customers have been inundating dozens of Limbaugh's corporate sponsors, demanding that they cut ties with the program. ... Here are the companies we have confirmed that have already pulled their sponsorship from Limbaugh's show." Corporate sponsors are dropping Ru ...

War Resisters League

  • كفى دموعا!
    كفى دموعا! بمناسبة يوم الارض الفلسطيني 2012, تُنشر النسخة العربية للكاريكاتير”كفى دموعا!” الذي يربط حركات للتغير حول العالم من خلال تحليل من ابرز الاسلحة التي تُستدخدم ضدها: الغاز المسيّل للدموع. بشكل سهل التناول, يسمّي “كفى دموعا!” الشركات التي تربح من … Continue r ...
  • A Story and a Book
    by Matt Meyer [This article was originally published on 'New Clear Vision' on February 15th, 2012.] On the Nature of Violence and Nonviolence Amidst a bombardment of Black Bloc commentary, questions about the militarized nature of tear-gas toting police, and … Continue reading →
  • “Exigent times call for very strenuous r ...
    [The WRL blog is excited to feature a film review by Jeanne Strole, co-director of the A.J. Muste Memorial Institute, with which the War Resisters League shares a long history, as well as the building at 339 Lafayette St. in … Continue reading →
  • More Deaths and Injuries from US Tear Gas in P ...
    [This piece by Adalah-NY: The New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel was originally published here on January 15th, 2012.] US-made tear gas, manufactured by companies like Combined Systems Inc. (CSI), Defense Technology, and NonLethal Technologies, continues to be … Continue reading & ...
  • What does justice for Danny Chen look like?
    by Esther Wang [This piece first appeared on December 22nd as a note on Esther Wang's Facebook page.] In October, news broke that 19-year-old Danny Chen – a US Army private who was born and raised in Chinatown – had … Continue reading →

Center for a Livable Future

  • A Winona LaDuke Reader
    An environmentalist, farmer, activist, writer, and advocate for native communities and ways of life, Winona LaDuke is an Anishinaabe force of nature, and one to be reckoned with.
  • A Lean Finely Textured Proposal
    Beef Products Inc. estimates that the filler makes up 15 percent of the total volume of ground beef sold. So here’s my proposal: Let’s reduce 15 percent of our hamburger consumption.
  • Survey Results from Sodexo’s Meatless Monday I ...
    What excites me the most is the enormous potential for a company like Sodexo to take the Meatless Monday campaign to the next level with its reach of over 10 million meals served daily.
  • Contract farmers step up, and Justice leaves t ...
    Varney and Butler aren’t likely to say this publicly, but they were obviously struck full in the face with the realization that status quo forces had them outnumbered and outgunned.
  • When FDA Bans a Drug in Poultry Production … W ...
    In 2005, FDA took trong action against the misuse of one class of antibiotics by industrial agriculture. The class of antibiotics that FDA decided to safeguard was fluoroquinolones, and they did so by banning their use in poultry production. How that ban going? Maybe not so good.

k2p blog

  • Professor at IIM-A resigns
    Professor Rajanish Dass at the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad has resigned after an investigating committee had found him guilty of 3 counts of plagiarism. Dass had received some relief from the High Court which had instructed the Institute to take some of his additional responses i ...
  • Another dent in anti-nuclear paranoia as wildl ...
    Radiation from the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear accidents may not have been as harmful to wildlife as previously thought.
  • What makes a “good” manager?
    What makes for a good manager? While defining what would constitute "success" is vital, it is my contention that the selection process for managers has to focus on the "goodness" of the manager. There are nine attributes which are necessary and sufficient to assess the goodness of a manager.
  • 8.7 magnitude earthquake off Aceh again &#8211 ...
    An 8.7 magnitude earthquake struck off the Aceh coast today. A tsunami warning is in effect. The 2004 quake was of 9.1 magnitude.
  • 8.7 magnitude earthquake off Aceh again &#8211 ...
    An 8.7 magnitude earthquake struck off the Aceh coast today. A tsunami warning is in effect. The 2004 quake was of 9.1 magnitude.

Left Foot Forward

Consumerist

  • Study Says The More Walmarts In The Area, The ...
    This one's sure to boil some blood over at Walmart headquarters: A new study says there's a significant correlation between the amount of Walmart stores in an area and the number of hate groups existing in that same area. As the big-box stores proliferate, so do the groups. LiveScience.com cit ...
  • The Supermarket Tricks You Need To Avoid To Sa ...
    You might have a good set of tactics while shopping at your local supermarket. But are you savvy to the subtle ways food stores (and other retailers) get you to buy more? There might be a few tricks you've fallen prey to in the past. Our fellow bargain hunter at Consumer Reports, Tod Marks, ex ...
  • Boston TSA Agent Nabbed During Child Pornograp ...
    The Transportation Security Administration keeps getting hit with scandal after scandal -- from thieving agents to employees with ridiculous demands, or those who leave creepy notes in passengers' bags. And now, in an even ickier development, a TSA agent who worked at Boston's Logan Internation ...
  • An Example Of When Buying A Generic Drug Can S ...
    Yeah, buying generics drugs instead of their snazzy brand name versions could stifle an allergy, calm a nasty cough or banish that throb on the cheap. But at more than half the price? Our savvy shopping siblings over at our sister publication ShopSmart took the time to price out containers o ...
  • General Motors To Bury The Chevrolet Avalanche ...
    It's time to say good-bye to any future iterations of the Chevrolet Avalanche pickup truck -- General Motors has announced that the 2013 version will be the last for the vehicle. Its design lends itself to not only towing and hauling, but families liked it for the interior seating, which fits f ...

Whistleblogger - GAP

  • Kiriakou Arraigned Today; HIMP Criticism Escal ...
    NPR: The Case of an Accused Leaker – Politics or Justice? Summary: GAP National Security & Human Rights Director Jesselyn Radack was featured on NPR’s Morning Edition to talk about today’s arraignment of former CIA agent John Kiriakou, where he is expected to plead not guilty. Ki ...
  • Jim Yong Kim Weak on Whistleblower Protections ...
    As president of Dartmouth University, President Obama’s nominee to head the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, presides over extreme, traumatizing, pervasive, revolting and potentially illegal hazing at fraternities. Andrew Lohse, the whistleblower who exposed it, is now, alone, among those charged with ...
  • Sign GAP's Petition to Keep Poultry Safe!: Dai ...
    Petition: USDA - Keep Chicken Safe by Rejecting Privatized Poultry Inspection! Summary: GAP's Food Integrity Campaign has launched a petition calling on USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack to reject the proposed expansion of HIMP, which hands poultry inspection oversight to the industry itself. FI ...
  • War on Intelligence Whistleblowers Becoming Wa ...
    Photo courtesy of Flickr user adKinnRT: War on Whistleblowers Turning into the War on Journalists? Summary: GAP National Security & Human Rights Director Jesselyn Radack appeared on RT last night to talk about the recent attack on intelligence whistleblowers by the Obama administration, an ...
  • GAP's Radack Fills in for Glenn Greenwald: Dai ...
    Salon: Obama Targets Journalists Summary: GAP National Security & Human Rights Director Jesselyn Radack is filling in for prominent blogger Glenn Greenwald this week for his popular Salon column.  Yesterday, Radack wrote about the way in which the Obama administration's ong ...

UK Progressive

  • California Governor Commutes Sentence in Shake ...
    by A.C. Thompson, ProPublica California Gov. Jerry Brown recently commuted the sentence of Shirley Ree Smith, a 51-year-old woman whose 1997 conviction for shaking her infant grandson to death has drawn national attention. The governor’s decision – which follows recent revelations regarding the ...
  • Beyond Outrage
    The general election of 2012 starts today. We need to do everything we can to make sure Barack Obama is reelected president. But we also need to mobilize for the long haul — beyond Election Day. We need to fuel a movement to take back our economy and our democracy. Presidential elections can dra ...
  • Law Shrouds Details of Congressional Trips Abroad
    by Justin Elliott, ProPublica When members of Congress or their staffers travel on a private group’s dime, they are subject to a long list of requirements and restrictions, thanks to the Jack Abramoff scandal and that infamous picture of the grinning super-lobbyist with a congressman at a ...
  • Right-Wing Supreme Court Judges Join GOP War o ...
    In my latest column, Supreme Court on Trial, I initiated a new discussion about how five conservative men on the Supreme Court have joined partisan Republicans in the war against laws and programs that serve women. In June, we will remember the anniversary of the infamous 5-4 Supreme Court decis ...
  • Trayvon Martin: When Fear and Hostility Drive ...
    By now, everyone knows the name Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old African-American boy killed while walking through a gated community carrying a bag of Skittles and a can of Arizona Iced Tea by a white hispanic man who claimed Trayvon looked suspicious. There are lots of reasons this case sparked ...

NewsAlert

JoNova

  • Soaking in money — a fake “indepen ...
    What kind of organization receives all its funding from one source, then claims to be “independent?” (Just another GONGO idea). The Conversation trumpets that it is “Independent” but it’s funded with $6 million from … the Government. As Tim Blair said “i ...
  • The incredible power of clouds (and Roy Spence ...
    Joint Post by Tony Cox and Jo Nova Clouds cool the planet as it warms Clouds cover an enormous 65% of the planet and are responsible for about half of the sunlight that is reflected back out to space.  The effects of clouds are so strong that most of the differences between IPCC-favoured-models ...
  • Last 30 years shows climate feedbacks are zero ...
    Let’s be as generous as we can. The IPCC say feedbacks amplify CO2′s warming by a factor of about three. Without the amplification from positive feedback there is no crisis So being nice people, let’s assume it’s warmed since 1979 and assume that it was all due to carbon dioxi ...
  • Easter Monday – Unthreaded
    Assuming the site survived the maintenance and switch you’ll be able to see this post. Jo Rating: 9.0/10 (6 votes cast) Rating: 9.0/10 (6 votes cast)
  • Happy Easter Unthreaded
    Yes, incredibly, I am on a real holiday. Happy Easter to you all. I am at the beach again. The site will be going on a holiday too. So sometime this break unfortunately we’ll be offline.  Sorry about that. Do book those Delingpole tickets. Rating: 8.7/10 (7 votes cast) Rating: 8.7/10 (7 v ...

ReNew America

  • Tea party leader warns Romney: Don't expect us ...
    (Daily Caller) - The leader of the Tea Party Nation organization has a blunt message for likely Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney: Tea partiers will likely vote for you, but don't expect them to get energized and campaign for you...
  • Santorum says money a reason he left GOP race
    (Associated Press) - Rick Santorum says money is one of the reasons he all but ended his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. And the former Pennsylvania senator says he hasn't had the chance to discuss an endorsement with any of the candidates -- Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and R ...
  • Brewer signs law banning most late-term abortions
    (Reuters) - Arizona Republican Governor Jan Brewer signed into law on Thursday a controversial bill that bans most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, giving Republicans a win in ongoing national efforts to impose greater restrictions on abortion...
  • Lincoln's dilemma
    (Fred Hutchison, RA analyst) - How important was freeing the slaves to Abraham Lincoln? Was that his top priority? How did Lincoln view his primary mission as president? I have heard these issues debated all my life. The issue is now resolved for me by reading One Last Card to Play, a book revie ...
  • Media dishonesty and race hustlers
    (Walter E. Williams) - When NBC's "Today" show played the audio of George Zimmerman's call to a Sanford, Fla., police dispatcher about Trayvon Martin, the editors made him appear to be a racist who says: "This guy looks like he's up to no good. He looks black."...

Truth Offering

  • The False Flag Cyber Attack Takedown of the In ...
    Here are some of today's top shock headlines: "Army of hackers targets the Swedish government, Sarah Palin and credit card giants in WikiLeaks 'Operation: Payback'" - The Daily Mail "Hackers Rise for WikiLeaks" - Wall Street Journal "WikiLeaks backers hit MasterCard and Visa in cyberstrike" - R ...
  • S. 510: The Death of Food Freedom Act
    In the world of liberty lovers and food freedom fighters, there's been a ton of attention lately on Senate bill S.510 -- the deceitfully-named, "Food Safety Modernization Act [1]." But in the mainstream media, there's been but a whimper; a pathetic trickle of occasional, fleeting and understated ...
  • Politicians and the Voting Public: A Toxic Rel ...
    At TruthOffering.com, we've written much about what's known as the Liberty to Tyranny cycle. The reason we've focused so much attention on this cycle is that we believe in it completely. That is to say, since every civilization has followed this cycle's projection, it's reasonable to suspect the ...
  • Education v. Conditioning: Wundt, Rockefeller ...
    John D. Rockefeller, Sr. / Wilhelm WundtSince reading "the deliberate dumbing down of america" by Charlotte Iserbyt, I've been trying to find other people out there who have also noticed the ruining of education in the United States. To be honest, it's hard to find information on this subject ou ...
  • TruthOffering's Matt Gordon on LA Talk Live's ...
    Have a listen to Matt Gordon from TruthOffering.com chatting with Hip-hop connoisseur, D-Bracks, on LA Talk Live. Topics range from economics and politics to international banksters and chemtrails. Be sure to drop a comment and let us know what you think of Matt's perspective:

2012 Blog

  • Holly Deyo on Changing Countries
    Survivalists often discuss which countries would be safest to be in, should a global cataclysm occur. Typically the focus is on the lack of danger – no volcanoes, inland, no nuclear power plants… Less discussed is whether you can handle the more mundane aspects of living somewhere ne ...
  • Many Earthquakes Today
    I check this web page all the time: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_big.php It lists every earthquake greater than 5.0 for the last week, and it is updated in real-time. On most days there’s less than five quakes listed, and often just one or two. Today ...
  • Astrophysicists: Crab Pulsar is Ultra-Powerful
    It amazes me how contradictory orthodox scientists can collectively be. When discussing the future of our planet, they typically regard their current understandings to be certainties that are set in stone. A good example is that we are not close enough to any potential supernova for harm to come ...
  • Natural Gas Worse Than Coal
    You already know this, but diets high in meat contribute to global warming. That’s because cows fart methane. By burping, belching and excreting copious amounts of methane — a greenhouse gas that traps 20 times more heat than carbon dioxide — India’s livestock of roughly 485 milli ...
  • 2012ers: New Age v. Preppers v. Rapture
    OK, fess up – if you believe in 2012 to any degree then you are one of the above. You might be a mix of two or even all three, but one will be where your core 2012ism comes from. One of the easiest ways to determine your key aspect is to ask yourself how you will react if a massive EOTW e ...

Facing South

One News Page

  • Govt stressed need for expanding womens SHG mo ...
    14 Apr 2012 The Government has stressed the need for expanding the womens Self-Help Group movement, as a tool of empowerment and promoting economic well being Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh said the National Rural Livelihood Mission would connect at least one woman ... Re ...
  • No impact of quakes on Mrashtras nuclear plants
    14 Apr 2012 Executive Director (Operations) of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited S Krishnamurthy says, the two earthquakes that jolted Maharashtra on Saturday had no impact on nuclear power plants in the state.The Corporation operates four nuclear power plants at Tarapur in Thane ... ...
  • Pilikula Nisargadhama goes back in time for gr ...
    *Our ancestors adopted the concept of 'Banas' and 'Vedic Vanas' (sacred groves) to protect rare medicinal plants in the ancient days. * With concrete jungles replacing green jungles, the Pilikula Nisargadhama here, is all set to recreate the Vedic Vanas and Banas in its Herbal ... Reported ...
  • Late Carroll header sends Liverpool into FA Cu ...
    The scrappy win after they conceded an early goal puts Liverpool into next month's final where they will play either Tottenham Hotspur or Chelsea who meet on Sunday. Reported by Firstpost 2 hours ago
  • Indian economy's growth story is intact, says ...
    Describing the current downturn a short-term phenomenon, D Subbarao said Indian economy is mature enough to absorb 'shocks'. Reported by DNA 3 hours ago

Global Research TV

Daily Tech

Oriental Review

  • An Open Government Wrapped in the Internet
    On April 17-18, 2012 the First Annual High-Level Summit of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) will be held in Brazil. According to the dedicated page on the US State Department web-site, the OGP is ‘aimed at securing concrete commitments from governments to promote transparency, increase civi ...
  • Soros’s Virus Sneaking Into the Open Gov ...
    The first annual conference of the Open Government Partnership, an international group set up in New York by the US, UK,  Canada, Norway, Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia, the Philippines, and South Africa in September, 2011, will open in Brazil on April 17, 2012. Over the past six months, the partners ...
  • Who Are To Stand Up In the International Crimi ...
    Not long ago the International Criminal Court (ICC) handed down a noteworthy ruling. Formally it was related to two African states – Malawi and Chad visited by president of Sudan Omar al-Bashir. Their fault was not so much receiving him but rather not putting him under arrest. The warrant was is ...
  • Amnesty International Propaganda Targets Russi ...
    The Amnesty International “infographic” titled, “Shocking Facts About Who’s Arming Human Rights Abusers,” portraying Russia’s arming of Syria as “fueling the most bloodshed” is not “shocking” at all when one realizes the disingenuous human ri ...
  • What Missiles Are Threatening Europe?
    The issue of creating missile defense boundaries in Europe is largely political in nature. The United States is developing the system more for ensuring national security — officially from Iran, but in reality from China and possibly Russia. Otherwise, it is difficult to understand its persistenc ...

BlogHer

  • Nie Asks: What Toys Do Your Kids Play With?
    What toys do your children play with? Ollie loves his dragons and army men (and makes awesome sound effects, too). Your turn: What toys do your kids play with? I want to know! Tell me in the comments.
  • Double Fine Adventure and Me
    [Editor's Note: Gail at The Female Perspective of Computer Science is excited about Kickstarter project for a new game called "Double Fine Adventure." She explains why:] So what does the Double Fine Adventure project mean to me? It means a return of a game genre that was welcoming and accessible ...
  • Working Through Distractions
    [Editor's Note: Working parents are masters of working through distractions. There's the usual list of day to day distractions and then the myriad that come from calls from the kid's school, unexpected childcare difficulties, loved one at home with the sniffles. It goes on and on. There is an ar ...
  • A Mother Is as Strong as She Needs to Be
    [Editor's Note: I make jokes with my husband that women carry the babies because men aren't strong enough to do so. He laughs and calls me Spaghetti Arms, which is a true statement, and we laugh together. The truth is that mothers are extremely strong -- because we have to be -- but you don't re ...
  • More than Mother's Day: Celebrate with Us!
    In case you were too busy thinking about today being Friday the 13th that you didn’t think about it, I’ll tell you: Mother’s Day is one month from today! You’re welcome. While you’re busy thinking about what to get your own mom, fantasizing about what your kids will make for your breakfast in be ...

Health Freedom Alliance

  • Ron Paul’s In It To Win In Money Bomb Ap ...
    April 15th money bomb! Ron Paul is IN IT TO WIN IT, as so is the Health Freedoms Alliance. Please join us on April 15th for the largest one-day donation event of the 2012 presidential campaign. Our ...
  • The Top Ten Natural Sources of Important Vitam ...
    This article will discuss the top ten natural foods that contain important vitamins that your body needs. Vitamins are very easy to find if you know where to look. Meats,grains, fruits and vegetables are all excellent ...
  • Air Conditioning and Pollution Are Making Us Fat
    In the battle over Americas expanding waistline, much of the emphasis is on diet and exercise. A study suggests other potential causes, including too much air conditioning, should be studied as well. The report, published in ...
  • Marriage, Education and Job Status Improve Health
    Married people who are well-educated and have the higher per-capita incomes tend to also be the healthiest. That’s the provocative conclusion of a new Spanish study that finds socioeconomic factors may play the biggest roles in ...
  • FDA: Animal Antibiotics Endanger Humans
    The Food and Drug Administration called on drug companies Wednesday to help limit the use of antibiotics in farm animals, a decades-old practice that scientists say has contributed to a surge in dangerous, drug-resistant bacteria. Antibiotic ...

Live News Wire

  • Editorial: As The Country Mourned, Tucson Need ...
    Those who criticized the reaction of the crowd at Wednesday night's memorial have it ingrained that a perfect memorial is one with candles, flowers and tears. The citizens of Tucson and the American people have mourned for five days. Wednesday's event was not a time to mourn some more. It was a ...
  • Police Made Visits To Loughner Home Before Sho ...
    The Tucson, Arizona family home of 22-year-old Jared Loughner had been visited by authorities before the shooting of a congresswoman and 18 others last Saturday, new information by the New York Times revealed Wednesday. It's unclear what the visits were about or what prompted the call to author ...
  • Criminal Charges Filed Against Congresswoman’s ...
    Newly-released court documents offer a glimpse into the motive behind Jared Loughner's attempted assassination of Tucson Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords on Saturday. Recovered from Loughner's home was a letter addressed to Jared Loughner from Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Giffords mailed a ...
  • “Unbelievable Tragedy:” Congresswoman Shot By ...
    At least fifteen gunshots rang out shortly after 10:10am Arizona Time Saturday, bullets fatally striking a Federal Judge and injuring a prominent Congresswoman. Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) of Arizona's Eighth District was wounded at a public meet-and-greet event outside a grocery s ...
  • Queensland Facing Flood Of “Biblical” Proportions
    The worst floods in 50 years to hit Queensland, Australia are being described as nothing short of Biblical. More than 1,000 people have been evacuated, though officials say as the floodwaters get worse, as many as 4,000 residents could be asked to vacate their homes and businesses later this we ...

Coal Tattoo

  • Friday roundup, April 13, 2012
    In this photo released by Peru’s presidential press office, an unidentified miner, center is helped out of the Cabeza de Negro gold-and-copper mine in Yauca del Rosario, Peru, Wednesday April 11, 2012. Nine miners had been trapped inside the mine since April 5. (AP Photo/Job Rosales, Peru& ...
  • Sen. Joe Manchin, common sense and coal: Where ...
    U.S. Senator Manchin speaks at the conclusion of a roundtable discussion on the “Impact of the Federal Government on the Appalachian Coal Industry” as WV Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, right, and Tim McLean, left,  of Walker Machinery, look on.  The roundtable discussion, hosted by the W ...
  • State moves to strip UBB foreman of license
    Back in late February, when the state Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training issued its report on the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster, agency officials said they were taking action against several individuals found to have violated safety laws at the Massey Energy operation. As we re ...
  • Arch Coal seeks to reopen Spruce Mine case
    In the wake of last month’s federal court ruling that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lacked legal authority to veto the permit for the Spruce No. 1 Mine, we’ve been waiting for the other shoe to drop … As folks who have followed this closely know that, along with a po ...
  • Alpha’s plan for sealing Upper Big Branc ...
    Last week’s announcement — on the eve of the 2nd anniversary of the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster — that Alpha Natural Resources plans to seal the Raleigh County mine was short on details of how and who would be doing the work of permanently closing the underground passages wh ...

Daniel Miessler

  • Bay Bridge Lighting
    via lh5.googleusercontent.com Posted via email from danielmiessler.com | posterous Related ContentMondayDucks in WaterThe First Result When Googling SantorumMy Varnish Study PieceYouTube Downloader | Chrome Web Store
  • Old Man In Nursing Home Reacts To Hearing Musi ...
    via youtube.com Touching. Posted via email from danielmiessler.com | posterous Related Content29-year-old Deaf Woman Hears For First Time Using Hearing ImplantA Creative SongSeriously Fast LyricsHitler Finds Out There’s No iPhone 5If China Attacks America (A Must See)
  • How to Get a Good Cup of Coffee From Starbucks
    Wagner’s music is better than it sounds. ~ Edgar Wilson Nye People tend to love Starbucks despite it tasting like it was brewed for three weeks in the center of the sun. Most mask this reality by ordering a coffee beverage instead of coffee, or by adding so much to it as to render it [...]
  • At Least Double The NASA Budget — Currently 1/ ...
    Currently, NASA’s budget barely surpasses 0.5 percent of the Federal budget, and has seen a steady decline in the proportions of its funding, now reaching all-time lows. The cultural mindset brought on by NASA has allowed us to reap the benefits of economic growth, creating an influx of people w ...
  • Why don’t Americans Walk More? | Slate Magazine
    Carlin Robinson, 12, walks from her grandmother’s car to the school bus in Manchester, Ky. Her house can be seen in the background. A study published in 2010, investigating high obesity rates in the town found that residents used cars to minimize walking distance, to the detriment of ...

Fitwatch

  • FITwatch: The Open Public Meeting
    We at FITwatch have been a bit quiet recently – but we are leaping back into life with an open meeting on Sunday 25th March, 1pm at the London Action Resource Centre. With the Met trying to criminalise face masks, implementing new data gathering systems, and making an issue of ‘robust’ policing, ...
  • Questioning the tactic of “questioning t ...
    The following article, originally posted on the Vancouver Media Co-op website, has been reproduced here by FITwatch as we believe it is of relevance in the ongoing debate around the wearing of masks on demonstrations. FITwatch always has, and always will, encourage the wearing of masks on demons ...
  • ‘Extremist’ policing of Leicester ...
    The remarkable ambivalence with which the police treat right wing groups was clearly evident in the policing of the EDL demonstration this week in Leicester. Leicestershire constabulary were clearly happy with facilitating the EDL demonstration, while being equally clearly committed to clamping ...
  • HMIC report into domestic extremist units disg ...
    Well, we always knew HMIC’s ludicrously named ‘review of national police units which provide intelligence on criminality associated with protest’ was going to be a farce, and we haven’t been disappointed. The 48 page report published today fails to address any of the concerns addressed by activi ...
  • Student Centre Branded Terrorist
    London students who occupied a space in the run-up to the November 30th public sector strike were under the jurisdiction of the Met's SO15 Counter Terrorism Command, FITwatch have learned today. Bloomsbury Social Centre - which aimed to be a "hub of organising for students, workers and residents ...

Worldwide Hippies

  • The Naked and the Dead: Mitt Romney’s Strange Saga
    BY THEO ANDERSON,inthesetimes.com – It must be weird beyond all telling to be Mitt Romney right now—like becoming one of Shakespeare’s characters, or living out a fable. It must be like playing the part of the emperor who’s ordered new clothes. When the tailors deliver the robes, supposedl ...
  • Wave of protest sweeps over BP annual meeting
    From yorkshirepost – OIL giant BP faced a backlash on executive pay, screaming environmental protesters and more anger over the Gulf of Mexico spill when it met shareholders at its annual meeting yesterday. The group’s boardroom pay package riled investors, with 11 per cent of shareholder ...
  • Today’s lesson, Dumpster diving: Trash sorting ...
    By: Anne Williams, Bemidji Pioneer – BEMIDJI — Caleb Countryman grinned from ear to ear Wednesday afternoon as he held up a bright blue plastic canteen a classmate found minutes earlier in the trash. It looked brand new. Had it not been found, it likely would have ended up in the landfill, ...
  • The Louisiana Empire
    By Mixt Green Leo,Worldwidehippies – The United States went from fledgling nation to empire in an incredibly short 27 years, going from being the world’s first constitutional democracy to being just another empire before the term of its third president was over.  Prior to the Louisiana Pur ...
  • Worldwide Hippies News Briefs Saturday
    Forecasters say Saturday storms ‘life threatening’ OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — In an unusually early and strong warning, national weather forecasters cautioned Friday that conditions are ripe for violent tornadoes to rip through the nation from Texas to Minnesota this weekend. As states acr ...

reference frame

  • Was Lenin pro-science?
    Sean Carroll wrote about Fang Lizhi, a Chinese cosmologist and dissident who recently died at the age of 76. Cosmic Variance wasn't the most sensible place to write such a thing because it is one of the blogs belonging to the "hardcore left-wing ideological" blogosphere. So the readers ...
  • Ozone hole and global warming: evolution of an ...
    Steven Goddard at real-science.com is posting lots of old newspaper articles with scary predictions we already know to be wrong. I was intrigued by this particular one today: NASA 1986: All Life Extinct In A Few DecadesAre the ozone hole and global warming problems related? Are they correla ...
  • Review of heavy scalar stringy scenarios
    Bobby Samir Acharya, Gordon Kane, and Piyush Kumar have been invited to write a review for International Journal of Modern Physics A about their picture of particle physics beyond the Standard Model: Compactified String Theories – Generic Predictions for Particle Physics (arXiv, PDF)On 30 p ...
  • Commodore, Atari founder Jack Tramiel: RIP
    Jack Tramiel, a Polish-born Jewish American entrepreneur, died on Sunday at age of 83 (heart failure). His parents were holocaust victims. His mother survived Auschwitz while his father did not. Jacek Trzmiel [Třměl], as he was called, himself worked at a nearby work camp. He came to the ...
  • Rating agency for research
    Pat Michaels discusses an embarrassing paper published in Nature which claims that man-made aerosol emissions are behind the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation. He thinks that Nature is on the edge of losing its last droplets of credibility. Dictating what is allowed to be researched ...

Tatumba 2.0

  • 12 year old girl explains how to destroy corru ...
    This little girl is a genius, a result of great parenting that has resulted in a young patriot that tears apart the Canadian Banking System exposing how it is corrupt and has become a plague on society. After she tears them out a new one, she offers a solution of how to rid us of [...] Related ...
  • I wonder if TSA Agents know what long term exp ...
    People have been wondering what long term exposure to naked body scanners will do to the human body. Wonder no more. Here is a photo of an ex TSA Employee. I hear she now works as a tanning bed operator. Click image to enlarge   Any questions? Homeland Security Job Guide: How to get an [... ...
  • Giabo George is a ‘MADe’ Dog. Seen by over 200 ...
    I don’t know how I forgot this one. My Pug, Giabo George, was featured on the Keiser Report over the Christmas holidays. I must be losing it, as the little guy was made famous by Stacey Herbert and Max Keiser. The Keiser Report is seen by over 200 million viewers from around the world each ...
  • Chris Duane: As long as you play by the Elite’ ...
    This video just about sums up what I have been saying for the past 5 or so years. The Heretic is back with a plan for us to destroy the paradigm of evil, fraud, corruption. and tyranny that has been built up by the Elite. If you do not own physical silver then may God [...] Related posts: The ...
  • Heist The Movie – Who Stole the American Dream?
    Please watch the newly updated trailer for “Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?,” the new, explosive documentary from Frances Causey and Donald Goldmacher exposing the roots of the American economic crisis and the destruction of the American dream. Visit Heist-TheMovie.com for more ...

Truth About Our World

Bloomberg

  • Can't Stop the Big Mo
    Healthy spending and productivity add up to some good stock buys, says S&P's Kenneth Shea. Plus: His formula for a diversified portfolio
  • Merck: More Agony from Its Painkiller
    The costly Vioxx verdict makes its plan to take on each claim individually more difficult. But a big settlement is no easy cure, either
  • Higher Gas Tax? Smart Move
    Raising it to 50 cents or $1 per gallon would push conservation and send a signal to America's enemies. It's the surest way to cut oil dependence
  • No Lull in the Airlines' Headwinds
    The industry isn't doing as badly as it was, but that's not saying much, according to S&P's Philip Baggaley
  • Why Qualcomm Has Its Wallet Out
    The Elata and Flarion acquisitions reflect the outfit's need to keep abreast of tech's latest trends. Expect more of the same

Enviroblog

  • News Wrapup: Earthquakes, Nail Polish and Diabetes
    A summary of a U.S. Geological Survey finding associating earthquakes with the oil and gas drilling process was mentioned by The Atlantic, and re-printed in Yahoo! Finance and SFist. Bill Allayaud was interviewed twice by different Fox News programs,... [[ This is a content summary only. Vi ...
  • Are Pesticide Sprayers "Health Experts?" Serio ...
    By Alex Formuzis, Vice President of Media Relations New online videos from a chemical agribusiness front group show conventional growers straining to convince consumers that it's just fine to eat bug killers and weed killers. The Alliance for Food and... [[ This is a content summary only. V ...
  • Help Us Create Our New Facebook Timeline Banner!
    As you've likely noticed, Facebook recently released its Timeline feature for fan and brand pages. It's a great new way to tell stories and share and highlight memorable posts. Everyone is getting creative with the new format, so we... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for ...
  • "You Can't Find What You Don't Look For"
    Our California fracking report continued to gain fantastic coverage this week with three large stories in Santa Cruz Weekly, Sacramento News and Review and Wines and Vines. Our president, Ken Cook, posted in Huffington Post on BPA in food packaging... [[ This is a content summary only. Visi ...
  • Toxic Chemicals in Food Packaging Must Go
    By Kenneth A. Cook, EWG President and co-founder Under mounting pressure from consumers, scientists, advocacy groups and lawsuits, the Food and Drug Administration is about to decide whether to ban the ubiquitous industrial chemical BPA (bisphenol-A)... [[ This is a content summary only. Vi ...

Quick Hits

  • More Teachers Being Replaced By Technology
    The neoliberal wetdream coming to fruition. From Fast Company: Districts all over are experimenting with teacher-less computer labs and green-lighting entire classrooms of adult-supervised children exploring the Internet--an Android powered tablet designed specifically for students. Teachers' u ...
  • Food costs at record levels, likely to go higher
    MANILA/MILAN (Reuters) - World food prices hit a record in January and recent catastrophic weather around the globe could put yet more pressure on the cost of food, an issue that has already helped spark protests across the Middle East. Up for the seventh month in a row, the closely watched Food ...
  • Shell makes $2,208,480 (£1.6m) an hour, [Clue ...
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/busi...   The Guardian in Britain says calmly:Shell stoked up the heated debate about the high cost of fuel on the forecourt today after reporting it made profits of nearly £1.6m an hour over the last three months.A leading member of the road lobby said moto ...
  • Gallup Helps Explain Egyptian/Tunisia Uprisings
    Wellbeing in Egypt and Tunisia decreased significantly over the past few years, even as GDP increased. In Egypt, where demonstrations have prompted President Hosni Mubarak to give up power after elections this fall, the percentage of people "thriving" fell by 18 percentage points since 2005. In ...
  • Wallace Shawn: Are You Smarter Than Thomas Jef ...
    The Grand Nagus speaks! At Tom Dispatch.com.

Capital - NYC

Views & News from Norway

  • High-profile coach may head home to Hamar
    Ståle Solbakken, Norway’s most high-profile professional football coach at present, said he was “forbannet” (furious) when he finally was fired by FC Köln on Thursday. His wife, however, was relieved, after weeks of high stress, and now the family may move home to Hamar, at lea ...
  • Media camp rises outside courthouse
    Norwegian and foreign media organizations have been setting up camp outside the Oslo City Courthouse, as they prepare to cover the trial of the local terrorist who attacked Norway’s government and Labour Party last year. Many Norwegians are already tired of all the media coverage, even bef ...
  • Final days for 50-øre coin
    Norway’s central bank (Norges Bank) is taking the last of the coins that once made up a krone out of circulation from May 1st. The 50-øre coin, two of which form one krone, is also probably the last of the copper coins to be minted in Norway. The move marks the first time since the [...]
  • Government wants to expel beggars
    Norway’s left-center government plans to put forth a proposal in Parliament that would allow police to deport foreign beggars believed to be part of organized groups or victims of human trafficking. The proposal is a reaction to the large numbers of beggars who have arrived in Norway in re ...
  • Confessed terrorist ‘has sympathizers’
    As debate continues over whether confessed Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik is insane, an ideological warrior, simply evil or all of the above, chilling details continue to emerge about how he thinks. Among them, that he still has no regrets over killing 77 persons last summer, wishes ...

Permaculture Research Institute - Australia

  • Good Excuses
    Photos © Craig Mackintosh I thought I had better break the silence by letting you know I haven’t fallen off the edge of the earth, but am currently in New Zealand, collecting interesting notes, photos and video for you all. You should find it worth the wait, but thanks for your pat ...
  • For the Love of Parks – a Transition Initiative
    On a beautiful spring day in the heart of east Berlin, eight fruit trees are planted in Görlitzer park. The trees, mainly apples but also some plums and pears, were carefully laid into the ground. The project, ‘I heart Görli’, was organised by a group of locals with similar ...
  • Tree Cotton – Gossypium Arboreum
    You might have seen the cotton growing out west — around St George, Gundiwindi and Dirranbandi in Queensland, Australia, and Moree and Narrabri in NSW. It’s an annual crop — sown in the spring and harvested in the autumn — grown in flat plains country. The blocks are leve ...
  • Permaculture Design Certificate Course, Arusha ...
    Time is running out to join members of the international permaculture community for FoodWaterShelter’s Permaculture Design Certificate Course between the 4th to 15th June 2012 in Arusha, Tanzania. With applicants from England to the USA, South Africa to Germany and throughout Africa includ ...
  • Take a PDC with Rico Zook in Bayouda Village, ...
    At least after the International Permaculture Conference (IPC11) last September, Jordan is now well-known in the permaculture world. It is thus a pleasure to invite you to join a 2-week full PDC course that will be held in the scenic village of Bayouda — 20km north-east of Amman, Jordan, i ...

Pointman's

  • The sun is setting on solar power, the money&# ...
    If you keep an eye on the financial world, which I do, and especially the green sectors, which I also do, it’s been an interesting time of late. Within the last few weeks, Solar Trust of America (STA), owner of the world’s largest solar plant, filed for bankruptcy protection under Ch ...
  • About writing.
    I do the thinking thing very well. For so much of my life and for so many things in it, I think very carefully before I leap and I’m good at it. Over the years, people have learnt to trust and depend on that and because I love them, that’s something special I can do … Read more
  • About writing.
    I do the thinking thing very well. For so much of my life and for so many things in it, I think very carefully before I leap and I’m good at it. Over the years, people have learnt to trust and depend on that and because I love them, that’s something special I can do … Read more
  • Political fracture points and power vacuums.
    A political fracture point is a sudden and radical change in the political landscape. In classical times, it would be the collapse of an empire, such as the Roman Empire. In the last century, World War I resulted in the outright destruction of several, such as the German Empire, and ultimately f ...
  • Political fracture points and power vacuums.
    A political fracture point is a sudden and radical change in the political landscape. In classical times, it would be the collapse of an empire, such as the Roman Empire. In the last century, World War I resulted in the outright destruction of several, such as the German Empire, and ultimately f ...

Journalists' Toolkit

  • The best video export options
    How do you choose the best settings for exporting your video, after you have edited it? I remember how confusing this was for me when I started working with Web video several years ago. With the slower computers we had back then, I would wait for what seemed like forever while exporting a small ...
  • Video Resources updated
    The new Video Resources page has been added to this site. This is a carefully curated page with links to good tutorials for video editing software, video shooting tips, and the like. It’s intended for beginners, particularly journalism students and journalism educators who are teaching vid ...
  • Flash Journalism updates
    I have been hard at work updating the Flash Journalism website. New tutorials for ActionScript 3.0 and for working on the Timeline in CS4 and CS5 have been added. The old pages from the original site (created to support the book I wrote about Flash journalism in 2004) are still online, and all t ...
  • New tutorial: Windows Live Movie Maker
    As an aid to a journalism training session I agreed to give, I created a short PowerPoint that is aimed at journalism students. Windows Live Movie Maker Tutorial Windows Live Movie Maker is quite different from its predecessor — Windows Movie Maker (not “live”). It is less vers ...
  • Convert WMA files with Switch
    Switch Sound File Converter is a free program from NCH Software. You can download it here (Mac or Windows). I have been using this program and recommending it widely for about two years. It’s easy to use, and it’s especially useful for converting WMA format files to WAV so that we ca ...

Justice Roars - Louisiana

  • Another Victory Against Louisiana's Crime Agai ...
    A judge's order yesterday took another step towards ending the harsh legacy of Louisiana's Crime Against Nature Law. Below is a press release on the issue from Center for Constitutional Rights. Louisiana must “cease and desist” from placing any individuals convicted of Crime Against Nature by ...
  • Isabella's Story: A Transgender Person's Story ...
    The letter below came to us from our friends at BreakOUT!. This Thursday night at 9:00pm, the Allways Lounge will host a benefit for BreakOUT! featuring a range of performances; circus, burlesque, drag, bounce, and more. "This is a short story of my life. Please type it and print it and send it ...
  • Danziger Sentences Bring Closure, With Controv ...
    This article originally appeared on the New Orleans Tribune/TribuneTalk website. On Wednesday, five officers were sentenced for firing on unarmed civilians on Danziger Bridge on September 4, 2005, and conspiring to cover-up their crime. The sentences bring some degree of closure to a case th ...
  • Jena Six activists and other local organizers ...
    This article was originally published in the April 2, 2012 print edition of The Louisiana Weekly newspaper. In 2008, officers from the New York City Police Department took a trip to New Orleans to spy on the people of this city. The occasion was the People’s Summit, a grassroots response to a ...
  • The End of Sex Offender Registration for Louis ...
    Judge Rules That Sex-Offender Registration for “Crime Against Nature by Solicitation” Convictions Is Unconstitutional From Center for Constitutional Rights: Yesterday, one day after attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights argued that individuals convicted prior to August 2011 unde ...

Information Underground

  • Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
    I don't quite understand why you are criticizing Alan Dershowitz. It would appear that you are saying that he is defending Zimmerman by saying that the Zimmerman arrest affidavit is bogus, but to me it seems that he is agreeing one hundred percent with my premise above, that the 'fix is in'. R ...
  • Self-Appointed "Masters" • A tireles ...
    A tireless activist for Israel Jim Fletcher - Guest Columnist - 2/17/2012 1:15:00 PM Bill Harter comes from pioneer stock. The Pennsylvania Presbyterian hails from Clarence, New York, in Erie County. The early settlers in that area literally carved-out lives and careers in what was once the w ...
  • Zionist Personalities We Should Know About • R ...
    The gold-parity of the Reichsmark is the opposite of the labor-parity of an autarky token dollar. The Nazi government was financed with huge deficit spending (9.1 billion Rm) financed by interest-paying bonds, which in turn promised to pay interest in gold. After a while, interest payments d ...
  • Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
    Looks like the Jew Media show goes on since a tribe member is involved. -------- Harvard Prof. Alan Dershowitz: Zimmerman Arrest Affidavit ‘Irresponsible And Unethical’ by Noah Rothman | 6:19 pm, April 12th, 2012 » 733 comments Harvard University law professor Alan Dershowitz appear ...
  • Zionist Personalities We Should Know About • R ...
    Gandhi on Jews and Hitler iframe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJlUAyYi4s4Statistics: Posted by Timothy_Fitzpatrick — Sat Apr 14, 2012 12:15 pm

TVNZ

environment 360

  • Lack of Sound U.S. Policies Threatens Clean En ...
    A new report says that a surge in wind and solar power pushed the U.S. past China in renewable energy investment in 2011, but predicts that the U.S. edge could be short-lived in the absence of consistent, long-term policies to promote clean energy. According to the report published by the Pew Ch ...
  • Doctors’ Group Urges Caution On Growing Use o ...
    The American Academy of Environmental Medicine is calling for increased study and expanded public education of the possible health effects of the growing use of cell phones and wireless technology. In a position paper on the issue, the academy said that effects of electromagnetic fields and radi ...
  • Drilling of Arctic Could Pose Major Ecological ...
    A new report by Lloyd’s of London, the world’s largest specialist insurance market, warns that rapid development of Arctic oil resources threatens to cause huge ecological damage without strict oversight and appropriate risk management. The report, Arctic Opening: Opportunity and Risk in the Hig ...
  • Interview: Ma Jun on the Fight To Clean Up Chi ...
    One of China’s best-known environmentalists, Ma Jun, recently played an important role in the successful effort to force the government to more strictly monitor air Getty Images Ma Jun pollution in Beijing. Growing public concern over the Chinese capital’s often-filthy air — amplified b ...
  • Algae Biofuel Startup Is Expanding Operations ...
    A U.S. startup says it has raised enough funding to significantly expand what it calls the world’s first commercial-scale algae biofuel farm, a 300-acre project its developers say could produce 1.5 million gallons of algae-based crude oil by 2014. Sapphire Energy, which so far has received more ...

oldephartte/Diigo

backofthebook

  • “The Postmedia chain has turned against ...
    An anonymous missive has appeared on The Gazetteer, purporting to be from “a newsworker at Postmedia” and offering an explanation for that chain’s sudden turn against the Harper Conservatives. The Gazetter‘s proprietor, RossK, had wondered if aggressive work on the roboca ...
  • I can’t hear you because I’m talki ...
    By Frank Moher In our Politics section right now you’ll find Alison@Creekside‘s response to MP Stephen Woodworth’s Motion 132, which asks Parliament to examine the definition of a human being under Canadian law. Alison doesn’t like his initiative, to say the least. I don& ...
  • Stephen Woodworth takes on the breeding vessels
    By Alison@Creekside Steve, one year ago: “I’m not opening this debate (on abortion). I don’t want it opened. I have not wanted it opened. I haven’t opened it as Prime Minister. I’m not going to open it. The public doesn’t want to open it. This is not the prior ...
  • A Modest Opinion – A penny … er … a nick ...
    By Nathaniel Moher I am outraged!  Are you guys outraged?!  That’s a stupid question, of course you are, because I’m outraged and, because I form your opinions for you based on my opinions, that means you guys are outraged too!  And that’s good, because I’m going to do something I don’t often do ...
  • Mike Wallace and The Homosexuals
    By Montreal Simon I see that Mike Wallace is being given a grand send off and is being called a journalistic hero. The newspapers are full of glowing obituaries, and TV stations have been running clips of his most famous interviews and documentaries. But funnily enough nobody mentioned the famou ...

Daily Beast

Loonwatch

Energy News

Japan Times

  • Legendary Chigusa jazz cafe reborn
    A lot of people were left feeling blue after Chigusa, Japan's oldest jazz cafe, closed in 2007 when the Noge district of Yokohama where it had been serving Satchmo with its coffees since 1933 fell victim to developers. Now, though, they can kick out the jams and return to their haunt with i ...
  • Ex-NBA star Williams out of jail
    Retired NBA star Jayson Williams was freed from jail Friday after serving eight months for drunken driving in New York and 18 months before that in New Jersey on charges stemming from a limo driver's shooting death. "I am eager to see my daughters, my mother and siblings and make amends for wh ...
  • Hall of Fame beckons for Capriati
    Jennifer Capriati went from teen prodigy to off-court troubles to Grand Slam champion, and now she's headed to the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Capriati's election was announced Friday, joining a 2012 class that includes Gustavo Kuerten, Manuel Orantes, Randy Snow and Mike Davies.
  • Oi reactor restarts hinge on assembly, locals: ...
    Fukui Prefecture will determine whether to restart two idled reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi power plant after consulting the prefectural assembly and the town's residents, Fukui Gov. Issei Nishikawa warned industry minister Yukio Edano on Saturday. Edano, who together with Prime Mi ...
  • An idol 'graduating' should not be front-page news
    Following Atsuko Maeda's March 25 announcement that she was leaving the all-girl idol collective AKB48, a rumor circulated on Twitter that a male University of Tokyo student had committed suicide in response. The rumor was quickly exposed as a hoax, but the point had been made. People were takin ...

Alexander Higgins

Macleans - Central

Making It Count - CCPA

  • Later Retirement: A Win-Win Solution?
    The C. D. Howe Institute have put out a study on later retirement by Peter Hicks, a former senior official with HRSDC and the OECD who has written a lot on the policy implications of ageing societies. I find this to be one of his less convincing efforts. The argument – with parenthetical c ...
  • Corporate Canada is Dangerously Under-leveraged
    (Hat tip to Toby Sanger, from whom I’ve borrowed much of this material.) It is now generally well recognized that Canadian household debt has reached unsustainable levels.  Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of Canada, has cited household debt as the most pressing domestic economic issue. Canadia ...
  • Who’s a bigger drag on Canada’s fu ...
    This is my latest column for Canadian Business magazine.  Giorgio, a hard-working, smart-as-a-whip University of Toronto student, asked me a great question after a recent guest lecture: What if the biggest challenge facing Canadian businesses and governments in the coming years isn’t an aging so ...
  • Saskatchewan Budget: Where’s the Intergovernme ...
    A hallmark of Brad Wall’s premiership has been cosy relations with municipal governments and the two westernmost provincial governments. Since taking office, the Sask. Party has been throwing money at municipalities. It pledged not to sign the Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement with ...
  • HST cut in Nova Scotia: Detracting from real d ...
    The Nova Scotia government has just announced that it will cut the HST by 1% next year and 1% the following year. This cut will reverse the 2% increase the government imposed in order to assist it to achieve a balanced budget. Increasing the HST was part of a four year plan to balance the [...]

ReDress

  • Good for Guenter Grass! Everyone and his dog n ...
    Stuart Littlewood views the "squawks and screeches" emanating from Israel in protest at German poet Guenter Grass's poem on the threat Israel poses to the world, and reminds us of a couple of pertinent facts: that Israel is the only nuclear state in the Middle East and that it refuses to forgo t ...
  • Pastor John Hagee and his deadly million
    Lawrence Davidson argues that US Pastor John Hagee and his followers, who believe in the divine creation of the state of Israel, are as delusional as people who once believed in the reality of Zeus and his Olympian clan but could one day act as cheerleaders for the ethnic cleansing and mass murd ...
  • The devastating impact of Passover on Jewish p ...
    Uri Avnery considers the fictional story of the Passover and its devastating impact on Jewish culture: extreme paranoia and a craving for revenge against non-Jews - for Israelis, pouring out their wrath on their neighbours, the Palestinians and other Arabs, on their minorities and on their victims.
  • German poet Guenter Grass says what cowardly p ...
    Gilad Atzmon considers German poet Guenter Grass's courageous stance on Israel, which he criticized in a poem for undermining an already fragile world peace, and views the ridiculous response of Israel's embassy and its stooges in Germany.
  • Britain's mad-house foreign policy
    Stuart Littlewood highlights Britain's double standards and contradictory policies in the Middle East: on the one hand irrational belligerence and warmongering towards Iran even though this is contrary to British national interests, and on the other cosying up to and taking its cue from Israel, ...

Physics Today

  • Graphene offers clear window on liquids
    BBC: Until now, liquids have been difficult to view at the same resolution as solids using transmission electron microscopes (TEMs), which require liquids to be placed in some sort of container. Silicon nitride or silicon oxide capsules are traditionally used, but they don't provide a clear view ...
  • Rival teams shared in Nobel celebration
    Science: In 2011, Brian Schmidt, Adam Riess, and Saul Perlmutter were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics "for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae". The Nobel may not be shared among more than three people, and the three men wante ...
  • No title
    Talking Points Memo: The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is back online after a four-month long maintenance period. On Thursday, CERN announced that it had achieved the highest-energy level for proton collisions yet recorded in history: 8 trillion electron volts (TeV).
  • Wind energy growth tops renewable energy sector
    Earth Policy Institute: Renewable energy makes up only a small section of the energy market but since 2007 hydropower grew by 7 percent and wind power grew by 36 percent while coal declined slightly says a new report from the Earth Policy Institute. In fact in five US states more than 10 percent ...
  • Smaller accelerators continue the search for d ...
    Nature: In the wake of the null results from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, some physicists are turning from larger, more powerful particle accelerators to smaller, less expensive ones. At the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Virginia, a continuous dense beam of electr ...

Revolutionary Politics

  • Norway massacre is a false flag
    by Sung (Posted Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:54:46 GMT) 686. Camp Utoya and Camp Casey (9/15/2011) The tyrant of the NWO hate peace loving people that much that they put them as hitting target in their plot. We saw it in Norway killing (7/22/2011) and Hurricane Katrina event. (9/24/2005, a failed plot) ...
  • CIA Spy Captured Giving Nuclear Bomb To Terrorists
    by Sung (Posted Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:50:35 GMT) 693. Eric Holder and Operation “Fast and Furious” (11/14/2011) In last article, I said, “The nuclear disaster hadn’t developed further because their main case failed to go through.” The main plot is to kill Kat Hak Sung in a framed case. In recent ...
  • Ron Paul names US internal Enemies
    by Sung (Posted Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:45:15 GMT) href="#">href="#">href="#">href="#">Ron Paul says U.S. is turning into a 'fascist system' dominated by government and businesses By Associated Press Last updated at 7:02 AM on 19th February 2012 'We've slipped away from a true Republic,' Paul said. ...
  • News media won't report
    by Sung (Posted Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:37:51 GMT) In 2010, as the nation slowly ground its way from Great Recession to recovery, 93 percent of national income gains went to the richest 1 percent of Americans. As Reuters's David Cay Johnston pointed out today, this makes the 2010 recovery quite diff ...
  • Media suppress Ron Paul
    by Sung (Posted Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:30:23 GMT)

Peakwater

  • Plan to tap groundwater for profit shows need ...
    “Imagine a lake half as large as Lake Tahoe, containing 17 million to 34 million acre-feet of water. That is what lies under the Cadiz and Bristol valleys in the Eastern Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County. Cadiz Inc., a privately held company, owns 34,000 acres that overlie this vast g ...
  • Panama: Village of the damned
    “Panama’s largest indigenous group, the Ngabe, had decided to take a stand against the unlawful encroachment of their homeland. Since the time of the conquistadors, the Ngabe have been pushed to the margins of the country – forced to live on the land that no one else wanted. Tw ...
  • Protecting Water at the Source
    “In America, federal agriculture policies are putting drinking water used by millions of people at risk. Perverse incentives such as farm subsidies and ethanol mandates have ushered in an era of fencerow-to-fencerow planting of chemical-intensive commodity crops, even as funding to protect ...
  • Earthquake Outbreak in Central U.S. Tied to Dr ...
    “A spate of earthquakes across the middle of the U.S. is “almost certainly” manmade, and may coincide with wastewater from oil or gas drilling injected into the ground, U.S. government scientists said in a new study. “Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey said that ...
  • New Ballast Water Rule Targets Invasive Species
    “Nearly a quarter-century has passed since an oceangoing ship from Europe docked somewhere in the Great Lakes and discharged ballast water carrying tiny but tenacious zebra mussel larvae from Europe. “The filter-feeding mussels have since helped to upend the ecosystems of the Great L ...

D. Kucinich

  • Davis-Besse News Alert: Kucinich Responds to N ...
    Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), who has consistently fought for stronger oversight of Davis-Besse to protect the people of Ohio, released the following statement after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) overturned a decision made by the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board to accept testim ...
  • Kucinich: Supreme Court Ruling will be the Nex ...
    Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), who provided the pivotal vote in the House to pass the Affordable Care Act, today explained the Supreme Courts’ ruling will simply be the next step in the inevitable path towards single-payer health care. Today, the Supreme Court began hearing arguments as it ...
  • Kucinich Calls for SEC Investigation of Potent ...
    Provides Detailed Analysis of Discrepancies Which Could Constitute “Material Misrepresentations” Washington D.C. (March 22, 2012) -- Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), the Ranking Member of the Regulatory Affairs Subcommittee, today requested that Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair ...
  • Kucinich Analysis: Fast-Tracking Southern Segm ...
    Upon reports that the Obama Administration will “fast-track” the southern segment of the Keystone Pipeline between Cushing, Oklahoma and the Gulf Coast, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today released the following analysis: “Americans need relief from high gas prices. However, approval of th ...
  • Kucinich Welcomes Cleveland, Midwest Steel Ind ...
    Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), a member of the Congressional Steel Caucus, today welcomed the President and CEO’s of Cleveland’s ArcelorMittal and Cliffs Natural Resources at a hearing examining the state of the steel industry in the United States. Kucinich discussed the importance of ...

Authentically Wired

  • … Wonder where America’s went…?
    … Wonder where America’s went…? The President Of Iceland Tells Us How He Had The Balls To Stand Up To Britain 04-13-2012  •  http://www.businessinsider.com, Adam Taylor For Ólafur, the crisis of 2008 was personal. Once the darling of the left wing, he worked as finance minister for sev ...
  • But didn’t our ancestors swear an oath o ...
    But didn’t our ancestors swear an oath on some rock to submit to some cloistered sexual puritan ethic..? 5 Countries That Do It Better: How Sexual Prudery Makes America a Less Healthy and Happy Place   By Alex Henderson, AlterNet …Posted on April 12, 2012, Printed on April 13, 2012 … http:/ ...
  • are reading their lip$
        … Native Americans are reading their lip$ and they know both of these bozos are lying …    Senators urge action on water-rights bill (Cronkite News) Tribes face difficult choice on water (New York Times) Meetings set on tribal water rights settlement  ...
  • … it’s the drug of choice for Rush ...
         … it’s the drug of choice for Rush Limbaugh … Is Big Pharma Peddling Narcotics? Take Oxycontin, for Instance Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: "It is difficult to believe that Big Pharma is not aware of this growing abuse of legal drugs. It is difficult to fathom ...
  • so it will certainly do the job here
    Hey it did the job in Vietnam so it will certainly do the job here … crops will die … people will suffer … children will be born deformed … manufactured for the U.S. Department of Defense primarily by Monsanto Corporation and Dow Chemical …     EPA approves &#8 ...

Popular Technology

  • The Truth about Skeptical Science
    Skeptical Science is a climate alarmist website founded and run by a self-employed cartoonist, John Cook. It is moderated by zealots who ruthlessly censor any and all form of dissent from their alarmist position. This way they can pretend to win arguments, when in reality they have all been refu ...
  • Mastering the Firefox Search Bar
    As a veteran online searcher, data miner, researcher, and computer scientist, I have in the past shied away from using in-browser search bars... instead preferring to use the search tools available on individual sites. This is for practical and functional purposes, as: [1] in-site searches t ...
  • The Truth about SourceWatch
    SourceWatch is a propaganda site funded by an extreme left-wing, anti-capitalist and anti-corporate organization, the Center for Media and Democracy. Just like the untrustworthy Wikipedia the content can be written and edited by ordinary web users. Users who all conveniently share an extreme lef ...
  • Correcting misinformation about the journal En ...
    A frequent source of contention in the global warming debate is the existence of skeptical peer-reviewed papers. These have been overwhelmingly proven to exist. Once confronted with this inconvenient truth, alarmists have desperately tried to discredit the journals that dare publish these papers ...
  • Origin of the Popular Technology.net Peer-Revi ...
    There are various myths floating around online about where the Popular Technology.net peer-reviewed paper list originated, falsely giving credit to people who copied earlier versions of my list and published it as their own. The following is a brief history,Back in February 2007 I began compilin ...

Monga Bay ( Articles )

  • How a crippled rhino may save a species
    On December 18th, 2011, a female Sumatran rhino took a sudden plunge. Falling into a manmade pit trap, the rhino may have feared momentarily that her end had come, but vegetation cushioned her fall and the men that found her were keen on saving her, not killing her. Little did she know that cons ...
  • Our success in transforming commodity markets ...
    The success of governments and big corporations in eliminating environmental degradation from the products we consume will play a critical role in determining the fate of the world's remaining wild places, said a group of experts speaking at a panel during the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepr ...
  • Gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon: a view fro ...
    On the back of a partially functioning motorcycle I fly down miles of winding footpath at high-speed through the dense Amazon rainforest, the driver never able to see more than several feet ahead. Myriads of bizarre creatures lie camouflaged amongst the dense vines and lush foliage; flocks of p ...
  • Surging demand for vegetable oil drives rainfo ...
    Surging demand for vegetable oil has emerged as an important driver of tropical deforestation over the past two decades and is threatening biodiversity, carbon stocks, and other ecosystem functions in some of the world's most critical forest areas, warns a report published last week by the Unio ...
  • Scientists say massive palm oil plantation wil ...
    Eleven top scientists have slammed a proposed palm oil plantation in a Cameroonian rainforest surrounded by five protected areas. In an open letter, the researchers allege that Herakles Farm, which proposes the 70,000 hectare plantation in southwest Cameroon, has misled the government about the ...

Science - NZ Herald

  • From green to gold: Algae proves lucrative
    A New Zealand research company has tapped into a potentially multi-million dollar market.Nelson-based Cawthron Institute has extracted minute quantities of organic compounds from algae, and onsold them to international researchers.Acting...
  • Scientist selling farm to fund malaria battle
    A veteran researcher says she's selling her multimillion-dollar organic farm so that she can continue her work on breakthrough anti-malarial treatment.Auckland University researcher Norrie Pearce has dedicated much of her life to...
  • Particle collider escalates quest to explore u ...
    The world's largest particle collider has notched up a new record as it escalates its quest to find fundamental matter and explore the origins of the Universe, CERN said.Early on Thursday the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) brought...
  • Rise in whale trade stuns experts
    Scientists plan to investigate a "marine bushmeat trade" after a major study showed that global consumption of marine mammals such as whales and dolphins is increasing.The research surprised New Zealand marine experts, in particular...
  • WeatherWatch: Columnist weathers storm of frie ...
    Scientists can't be doing too good a job of convincing us of climate change, judging by more polls indicating that the public's level of concern is waning.The NZ Herald has reported that an academic analysis of surveys spanning...

The Bovine

  • B.C. local governments take on GMOs
    You’ve no doubt heard about those towns in Maine that have declared food sovereignty. Well, here’s something at least a little bit in the same direction happening right here in that second rate socialist country, Canada! (Believe it or not, … Continue reading →
  • Codex in New Zealand’s new food law?
    From Ethan A. Huff at Natural News: “(NaturalNews) The health freedom of New Zealanders is under very serious threat, as the federal government there pushes to pass a bill known as theNatural Health Products Bill(NHPB), or Bill 324-1, that will … Continue reading →
  • What new pathogens are we creating?
    We’ve probably all heard how development of the dreaded E.coli O157 has been credited to confined cattle feeding operations of the 80s, and that MRSA has been linked to pig CAFOs  in the midwest. What other new and virulent pathogens will we … Continue reading →
  • Hunger is no game for poor in Britain
    Is this how “the system” uses the seemingly impartial objectivity of economics to put the screws to what the elite may regard as “useless eaters”? From The Independent: “Evidence is mounting that thousands of children in the UK are not … Continue reading →
  • Sheep may safely graze…. but not if they ...
    Shepherdess Montana Jones, on the radio: Andy Oudman (1290 AM CJBK, London ON) and Pam Killeen interview Montana Jones (http://shropshiresheep.org/news-on-cfia-slaughter/), Karen Selick and Judith McGeary about the disappearance of the family farm and the importance of preseving heritage breeds. ...

Mish's Global Economic Trends

  • Chris Christie Willing to Sacrifice Career to ...
    The proverbial can only be kicked so far before the can rusts away to nothing. That is what Police in Stockton, California have found out and that is what the pensioners in the entire Illinois retirement system will soon find out. Stockton Can Suspend Police Accrued Vacation Payouts A ...
  • "Spain Would Be Dead Without ECB Loans" Says S ...
    As Greece wonders whether its debt crisis will eventually spell its exit from the euro, one town, Volos, has formed an alternative local currency as noted by the BBC in Greece Bartering System Popular in Volos. A few months ago, an alternative currency was introduced in the Greek port city of ...
  • Massive Jump in Bank of Spain Borrowing from E ...
    CDS rates to protect against default by Spain rose to an all-time high today as Investors brace for more pain in Spain. Spain was firmly back in the spotlight on Friday, after news of a sharp rise in borrowing by the region’s banks from the European Central Bank triggered losses across Europea ...
  • Closer Look at Unemployment Claims, Covered Em ...
    Reader Tim Wallace supplied an interesting set of graphs and comments on unemployment claims, the labor force, and employees covered by unemployment insurance. Unemployment Claims Not Seasonally Adjusted click on any chart for sharper image Data for the above chart: http://www.ow ...
  • Black Market in Spain: Cash Transactions Excee ...
    Things are going so "well" in Spain that the Government banned cash payments in excess of 2,500 euros Via Google Translate from Libre Mercado ... The Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, has announced on Wednesday that the plan to combat tax evasion on Friday approved the Cabinet prohibit the p ...

Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs

  • BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- April 5, ...
    BFP Nightly Quote “[Propaganda] must be aimed at the emotions and only to a very limited degree at the so-called intellect… The art of propaganda lies in understanding the emotional ideas of the great masses and finding, through a psychologically correct form, the way to the attentio ...
  • Money & Power: Which Comes First, the Chicken ...
    Part II of our book review of Frederick Sheehan’s Panderer to Power   Frederick Sheehan’s excellent 2010 book Panderer to Power: The Untold Story of How Alan Greenspan Enriched Wall Street and Left a Legacy of Recession provides us a window into the sources of the worst financial and econom ...
  • BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- April 4, ...
    BFP Nightly Quote “By 1990, publishers of mass circulation daily newspapers will finally stop kidding themselves that they are in the newspaper business and admit that they are primarily in the business of carrying advertising messages.” – A. Roy Megary International Newsworthy ...
  • BFP Exclusive: The Anonymous Weasel behind the ...
    Anonymous Paul Campaign Insider Exposes the Anonymous Rumor Source For the past few weeks an intense buzz has been filling internet sites and news forums on a supposed Ron Paul-Mitt Romney deal behind closed doors. Yesterday morning the Business Insider went as far as declaring the rumor as ‘Rea ...
  • Empire, Power, and People with Andrew Gavin Ma ...
    Canada’s Rockefellers: The Name is Power People know the name Rockefeller: from the oil barons, to the bankers and industrialists, politicians and think tanks, foundations, universities and in the whole realm of globalization, the name Rockefeller is synonymous with power and oligarchy. Th ...

bloody crossroads

  • Is Obama a Fraud?
    The debt deal is yet another sign that hope and change has been a fiction from the start: Like many, I was extremely hopeful when Obama won in 2008.  And like many I’ve become totally disillusioned with the president and … Continue reading →
  • Today’s Stories
    Good politifact piece on how Social Security functions and its solvency How the state is revoking our civil liberties by imprisoning people, in some cases for up to 15 years, for recording police brutality with smart phones Economist Dean Baker … Continue reading →
  • The Tyranny of American Healthcare
    For those who read this on Splice, be sure to re-read the unedited version… Why are we trying to prop up a broken system?: Do you realize how badly you’re being screwed by the health insurance corporations?  Let me give … Continue reading →
  • Today’s Stories
    Politifact on how entitlements have lifted millions out of poverty Must read: scientists have recently concluded that a once in a tens of millions of years mass extinction is now underway, mainly in the ocean, because of global warming and … Continue reading →
  • Today’s Stories
    Politifact on how entitlements have lifted millions out of poverty Must read: scientists have recently concluded that a once in a tens of millions of years mass extinction is now underway, mainly in the ocean, because of global warming and … Continue reading →

gCaptain

  • Tour the RMS Titanic in Google Earth 3-D!
    With the 100 year Anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic upon us, there is no shortage of “Remembering the Titanic” blog posts, galleries, movies and even reenactments to help [...]
  • Report Due this Summer into Mysterious Sinking ...
    Proteksan Turquoise issued the most recent public statement from any of the parties linked to its 60m superyacht, Yogi, on 12 March. The vessel itself sank off the coast of [...]
  • Somali Pirates Release M/V Leila and Crew
    Somali pirates have reportedly released the Panamanian-flagged Roll-on/Roll-off, M/V Leila, and 24 crewmembers. The details of the Leila’s release are still a bit fuzzy, but Somalia Report indicates that the [...]
  • Antarctic Cruise Adventure Goes Awry
    A month long “adventure cruise” to Antarctica and a number of remote South Atlantic islands a turn for the worse earlier this week when the cruise ship M/V Plancius broke [...]
  • Bunker Fuels Show a Downward Trend, but Declin ...
    5 April – 12 April 2012 Despite a tremendous amount of continued volatility bunker prices are clearly trending downward at this point.  This week the KPI Bridge Oil Composite was [...]

Press TV

  • Belgium launches xenophobic website
    Vlaams Belang, a Belgian far-right party, has recently launched a website urging citizens to report crimes committed by illegal immigrants in a bid to mirror a similar Dutch website set up by a far-right party in Netherlands, Press TV reports.
  • Nun fights against child sex trafficking
    A nun has helped to form a coalition in the United States against child sex trafficking by putting pressure on hotels to make them keep sex traffickers off their premises.
  • UK PM secures historic deal with Myanmar
    British Prime Minister has secured a “historic” deal with the Myanmar officials to bring home 20 RAF Spitfires buried in the southeast Asian country two weeks before Hiroshima atomic bombing.
  • ECOWAS mediator begins talks on Mali
    President of Burkina Faso Blaise Compaore has begun talks with Malian politicians and junta in a bid to put an end to the crisis in the African nation.
  • US to pay USD1 billion to Indian tribes
    The US will pay one billion dollars to settle lawsuits filed by 41 American Indian tribes, who had accused federal agencies of mismanaging tribal money and resources.

SciDev.net

Congressional Budget Office Director's Blog

  • The United States is Experiencing the Longest ...
    The rate of unemployment in the United States has exceeded 8 percent since February 2009, making the past three years the longest stretch of high unemployment in this country since the Great Depression. CBO projects that the unemployment rate will remain above 8 percent until 2014. The share of ...
  • Models Used by the Military Services to Develo ...
    The military services—the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps—use modeling techniques to inform parts of their annual budget requests. As directed by the Congress in the 2011 National Defense Authorization Act, today’s CBO study provides information on the models used ...
  • Treatment of PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury b ...
    More than 2 million service members have deployed in support of overseas contingency operations (OCO) in Iraq and Afghanistan since October 2001. Two combat-related conditions that affect some OCO veterans and that have generated widespread concern among policymakers are post-traumatic stress di ...
  • Presentation to the National Economists Club
    Yesterday I spoke to the National Economists Club on our recently released Budget and Economic Outlook. My remarks reiterated much of what I said in several of last week’s blog posts: CBO Releases the Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2012 to 2022 Fundamental Fiscal Challenge How ...
  • Federal Budget Deficit Totaled $349 Billion fo ...
    The federal government accumulated a budget deficit of $349 billion for the first four months of fiscal year 2012, CBO estimates in its latest Monthly Budget Review, $70 billion less than the shortfall recorded for the same period last year. Without shifts in the timing of certain payments, howe ...

Naked Scientists - News

  • Happiness is in your Right Hand
    How you type a word could change the way you emotionally respond to it, and words typed with mainly the right hand seem to make people happier. In fact, the layout of letters on a keyboard may e...
  • Gut Bugs Promote Blood Vessel Growth
    The bacteria that live in your intestines change the way that blood vessels form inside your gut. New research, published in the journal Nature, identifies how this happens and offers potential ...
  • Corals that can clone
    Mass mating spawnings aren't the only means of coral reproduction: these reef-building organisms have a clever way of cloning themselves too, Australian scientists have shown. Writing in Science, A...
  • Iceman's DNA decoded
    tzi, the Tyrolean iceman frozen in a glacier for 5300 years until his 1991 discovery, was brown-eyed, prone to heart disease, lactose intolerant, blood group O and infected with lyme disease, a new a...
  • Lower social classes more likely to act in a " ...
    Throughout history, a gentleman was something the lower classes deferred to and aspired to be. But now new research reveals that, paradoxically, those most likely to indulge in unethical, ...

Nick Turse

  • Russian police officers detain opposition acti ...
    Russian police officers detain opposition activists during a protest against alleged vote rigging in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, March 5, 2012. More then 100 protesters were arrested in St. Petersburg, where some 2,000 gathered for an unauthorized rally to protest Prime Minister Vladimir Pu ...
  • Activists wear costume and masks of endangered ...
    Activists wear costume and masks of endangered animals during a protest against animal cruelty outside the Supreme Court in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, March 13, 2012. Animal protection activists staged the protest demanding Supreme Court to bring to justice palm oil companies that involved in ...
  • A member of Socialist Unity Center of India (S ...
    A member of Socialist Unity Center of India (SUCI) shouts slogans as she participates in a rally in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, March 14, 2012. The protest was against a price hike on essential commodities as well as rampant corruption. (Saurabh Das)
  • Egyptian activist Samira Ibrahim, second left ...
    Egyptian activist Samira Ibrahim, second left attends a rally while fellow activists chant anti Military Supreme Council slogans during a protest in Tahrir square, Cairo, Egypt Tuesday, March 13, 2012. Egyptian activists protested a military tribunal verdict acquitting an army doctor of an accu ...
  • A mother carries a picture of her son, a kidna ...
    A mother carries a picture of her son, a kidnapped student, as she joins relatives of other kidnapped students during a protest march against violence in downtown Monterrey March 16, 2012. Relatives of victims and students from different universities marched on Friday to demand the government t ...
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